Chocolate Spice Cake with Potato

Mashed potatoes give this chocolate spice cake a wonderful texture.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 475 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 potato, cubed
• 1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate, melted

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Add potato and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and mash. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.

Step 2

Cream butter, gradually add brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in mashed potatoes.

Step 3

Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in melted chocolate and pecans. Pour batter into a prepared 10 inch Bundt pan.

Step 4

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 20 minutes; remove cake from pan, and cool completely before serving.