Chocolate Potato Cake
From blueeyes68ky 15 years agoIngredients
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened shopping list
- 1-1/2 cup sugar, divided shopping list
- 4 eggs, separated shopping list
- 1 cup hot mashed or riced potatoes (no milk, butter or seasoning added) shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups all-poupose flour shopping list
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 cup chopped nuts shopping list
- FLUFFY WHITE FROSTING: shopping list
- 2 egg whites shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/3 cup water shopping list
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
How to make it
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar.
- Add egg yolks; beat well.
- Add potatoes and mix thoroughly.
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and cloves; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating until smooth.
- Stir in vanilla and nuts.
- In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy.
- Gradually add remaining sugar; beat until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter.
- Pour into a greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Cool.
- Combine first five frosting ingredients in top of a double boiler.
- Beat with electric mixer for 1 minutes.
- Place over boiling water; beat constantly for 7 minutes, scraping sides of pan occasionally.
- Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla; beat 1 minute.
- Frost cake.
- Yield: 16-20 servings.
- Editor's Note: Cake is moist and has a firm textrue.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Yum! I love a good moist chocolate cake. Thanks for sending this to me.
jett2whit in Union City loved it -
looks wonderful, I love the old potato cake recipes!
herby in Albany loved it -
great fantastic choc. cake high5 thanks bunches
momo_55grandma in Mountianview loved it
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