Chocolate Potato Cake

Recipe Ingredients

4 oz	113g	Unsweetened chocolate
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sweet butter
1 3/4 cups	346g / 12oz	Sugar
4		Eggs
1 cup	237ml	Mashed potatoes
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cinnamon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Cake flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt--
		Frosting
3 oz	85g	Unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Vanilla extract
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Confectioners' sugar
1		Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Softened butter
		Hot milk
		Walnuts - chopped

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.

Melt chocolate with the vanilla; cool slightly. Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon.

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar and beat in the eggs one by one. Add the chocolate and mashed potatoes. Beat in the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk.

Pour into a greased 13x9 inch pan and bake in a preheated 350F oven for approximately 40 minutes (or bake in 2 round 9 inch pans for 30-35 minutes).

Cool before frosting.

Makes a 13x9 inch cake or two round 9 inch layers.

Frosting: Melt chocolate and vanilla. Let cool slightly. Cream the sugar, salt and butter. Add just enough hot milk to make a spreadable consistency. Beat in the melted chocolate. Spread on the cake and sprinkle with the chopped nuts.

Source:
Cookbook USA

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