Potato Cake

Karen Sokol, from the kitchen of Kate Berntsen.

Chocolate cake that my mother used to make for special occasions. It was her mother's recipe that she got from her sister, Hazel, in 1917.

Cream in a mixer:

1 c. mashed potatoes

1/2 c. butter or margarine

2 c. sugar

2 squares melted unsweetened chocolate or 6 T. cocoa plus 2 T. melted margarine

3 eggs

Add the following:

2 c. flour

1 T. baking powder

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. cloves

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. walnuts

1/2 c. milk

Beat all together for 2 minutes. Pour into 2 well-greased and floured 9" cake pans. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Icing

2 squares melted unsweetened chocolate or 6 T. cocoa plus 2 T. melted margarine

4 T. melted butter or margarine

2 T. evaporated milk or enough to make icing the right spreading thickness

2 c. powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Beat with mixer to proper consistency for frosting cake.