Dessert Recipes: Potato Chocolate Cakeby Kendall

Potato chocolate cake is one dessert recipe that I’ve never heard of—until now! Way back when in the olden days when money was scarce, potatoes were used in place of flour. It’s such an interesting concept—and a great way to use leftover mashed potatoes.

Potato Chocolate Cake

½ c. milk
3 squares unsweetened baker’s chocolate
1 c. shortening
1 ¾ c. sugar
1 c. hot mashed potatoes
4 eggs, separated
2 c. sifted cake flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ c. sugar

Heat milk slowly in saucepan. Add chocolate, stir to melt. Cool.

Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.

Combine chocolate mixture with potatoes. Add to creamed mixture. Beat in egg yolks.

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; stir into batter. Add vanilla.

Beat egg whites until stiff, adding the ¼ c. sugar gradually. Fold into batter. Pour into 3 greased waxed paper-lined 8” layer pans.

Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes. Cool and frost as desired.