CONTEST-WINNING CHOCOLATE POTATO CAKE
I won grand champion honors in a potato festival baking contest with this moist chocolate cake. The icing recipe can be doubled for real sweet tooths. A great-grandma, I've spent over 85 years on the farm.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Add potatoes and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in nuts. , Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For icing, in a saucepan over low heat, cook butter and brown sugar until butter is melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in evaporated milk; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. Stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread between layers and over top of cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 671 calories, Fat 31g fat (15g saturated fat), Cholesterol 101mg cholesterol, Sodium 374mg sodium, Carbohydrate 94g carbohydrate (71g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 8g protein.
IRISH CHOCOLATE POTATO CAKE RECIPE BY AKILA SUBRAMANIAN AT BETTERBUTTER
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Provided by Akila Subramanian
Time 50m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Potato puree preparation - Pressure cook 1 large potato upto 4-5 whistles. Allow to cool completely. Peel and mash it roughly. Pulse it in an electric mixer to get rid of any lumps. Refrigerate the sticky potato puree. Use 1/2 cup of this.
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees centigrade for 10 minutes.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and custard powder together 5-6 times. This helps to aerate the mixture and combine the ingredients uniformly.
- In a large bowl beat the oil and sugar together.
- Add the honey, egg substitute and vanilla essence. Mix well.
- Stir in the potato puree. Add the milk and beat/whisk well for 5 minutes.
- Fold in the sifted flour until no lumps remain. Spoon the batter into a greased and lined baking dish. [8 inch round tin]
- Smoothen the top with a spatula.
- Bake in the pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Invert over a wire rack after 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before slicing.
IRISH CHOCOLATE CAKE
Oh my goodness!!! If you are a dark chocolate lover (like me) then this is the cake for you....note the "secret" ingredient!
Provided by LAURIE
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Grease and line 8-inch cake tins.
- Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Melt chocolate in a bowl placed over a saucepan of hot water.
- In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, then beat in the chocolate and mashed potato.
- Gradually beat in the egg, adding a little flour with each addition.
- Fold in the rest of the flour and stir in the milk.
- Divide mixture between cake tins and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until top is firm but springy to the touch.
- Remove from oven and after a few minutes, turn out on a cooling rack.
- While the cake is cooling, make the icing. Melt the chocolate as before, stir in the other ingredients and mix well.
- Use the icing to sandwich the cake layers together and coat the top and sides of the cake.
- HINT: What makes this rich chocolate cake "Irish" is not only to the creamy liqueur used in the filling, but also a particularly "Irish" ingredient in the cake mixture itself, which makes it extremely moist. Have you guessed it yet? Yes, it's the potato! Mystery solved! Bet you were wondering what potatoes were doing in a cake recipe! Even Irish dessert recipes make use of this abundant Irish crop!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3362.8, Fat 238.7, SaturatedFat 145.6, Cholesterol 840.4, Sodium 3521.8, Carbohydrate 322.2, Fiber 32, Sugar 183.3, Protein 50.9
CHOCOLATE POTATO CAKE
This secret ingredient in this moist rich chocolate cake is potatoes. It's a wonderful cake to make for a special occasion. The white fluffy frosting goes perfectly with the dark chocolate cake. -Jill Kinder, Richlands, Virginia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 15 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar. Add egg yolks; beat well. Add potatoes and mix thoroughly. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and cloves; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating just until combined. Stir in vanilla and nuts., In a small 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. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., In a small heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, egg whites, water, corn syrup and salt. Beat on low speed for 1 minute. Place pan over low heat; continue beating on low until a thermometer reads 160°., Transfer to a bowl. Add vanilla; beat on high until stiff glossy peaks form, about 7 minutes. Frost cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 292 calories, Fat 12g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 63mg cholesterol, Sodium 236mg sodium, Carbohydrate 42g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
GRANNY'S IRISH POTATO CHOCOLATE CAKE
My granny made this cake and it has been passed down. it is so good. dense and very moist. does not call for an iceing. never any left.
Provided by Sandra Santorelli
Categories Chocolate
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Boil your potatos and mash. Sift all of the dry ingredients. Melt butter. Now mix all ingredients together mixing with a wooden spoon. I lightly beat the eggs before adding. Also make sure their are no big lumps in the potatoes. Mix very well. Pour batter into a greased & floured bundt pan.
- 2. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 for 1 hour. Checking to see if inserted toothpick comes out clean. DO NOT OVER COOK.
- 3. This recipe does not call for and icing, however if you like you can add one. We have always eaten without one. I hope you will enjoy this cake.
IRISH CHOCOLATE CAKE
Make and share this Irish Chocolate Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by littleturtle
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 1 2layer cake, 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°F (gas mark 5), and grease and line two 8" cake pans.
- Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Melt chocolate in a bowl placed over a saucepan of hot water.
- In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, then beat in the chocolate and mashed potato.
- Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour with each addition.
- Fold in the rest of the flour and stir in the milk.
- Divide mixture evenly between the cake pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until top is firm but springy to the touch.
- Remove from oven and after a few minutes, turn out on a cooling rack.
- While the cake is cooling, melt the chocolate for the filling as before.
- Stir in the other ingredients and mix well.
- Use the filling to sandwich the sponge layers together and coat the top and sides of the cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 477.3, Fat 29.9, SaturatedFat 18.2, Cholesterol 105, Sodium 561.7, Carbohydrate 53.1, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 28.3, Protein 7.3
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