mashed potatoe cake

Name: Mashed Potatoe Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Ingredients: ## MASH POTATOE CAKE; 2 cup(s) sugar; 2 - eggs; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1 teaspoon(s) allspice; 2 - squares bitter chocolate; 3/4 cup(s) shortening; 2 cup(s) flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1 cup(s) mashed potatoes; 1 cup(s) milk

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65 Pinches

B H

St Louis, MO

Updated on Oct 1, 2010

This recipe was from my maternal grandmother. My mom & her sisters made it often growing up. My Aunt's daughters made it while they were growing up & still do to this day. They asked why we never made it growing up, I told them "with 11 siblings, we never had any left over mashed potatoes.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 25 Min

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yield at least 10-12

Ingredients

MASH POTATOE CAKE
2 cups sugar
2 - eggs
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
2 - squares bitter chocolate
3/4 cup shortening
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup milk

How To Make mashed potatoe cake

Step 1

Preheat Oven to 375. Melt bitter chocolate. Cool. Mix sugar, eggs, spices. Add potatoes and milk and mix until blended. Add cooled, bitter chocolate. Pour into 2 greased and floured (or Pammed) 9" round cake pans. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely. Top with icing made from confectioner's sugar, milk, vanilla.

Step 2

Make icing from confectioner's sugar, milk, vanilla. If icing is too thick, add more milk a little at a time. If to runny, add more confectioners sugar. Spread icing in between layers. Before icing top of cake & sides, cut straws to insert into cake to hold rounds together. Ice top & sides.
Step 3

ENJOY
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