Potato Chocolate Cake

Sounds crazy, but it's true...mashed potatoes make this chocolate cake moist, flavorful and absolutely delicious. This may just become your favorite cake recipe.

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Prep

15 min.

Total

35 min.

Serves

Bake: 20 min.

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What You'll Need

1 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 squares semi-sweet chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup prepared Idahoan® original mashed potatoes, cooled
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup buttermilk

How to Make It

1
Heat the oven to 375°F.
2
Beat the shortening and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
3
Stir in the melted chocolate and vanilla. Add the mashed potatoes and mix well.
4
Stir the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture alternately with the buttermilk and mix well after each addition.
5
Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) round baking pans. Divide the batter evenly between the pans. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Frost the cake as desired.

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Easy Substitutions

Flavor Variation: Chocolate Spice Cake: Add 1 teaspoon each cinnamon and allspice to the flour mixture and 1 cup raisins and/or nuts may be stirred into the batter, if desired.
Alternate Preparation: The cake may also be baked in a greased and floured 9-inch tube pan for 1 hour or in a greased and floured 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan for 45 minutes.