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      Title: CHOCOLATE POTATO CAKE
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
    1/2 lb Potatoes; peeled
    1/2 c  Milk
      2 c  Flour, all-purpose; sifted
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 c  Shortening
      2 c  Sugar
      4    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla extract
  1 1/2 oz Chocolate, unsweetened; melt
           Whipped cream
           Chocolate frosting; * see no
 
  Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill Preparation Time: 1:30 *use your favorite
  chocolate frosting recipe to finish the cake. Cook potatoes in small amount
  of boiling water until tender. Drain well and shake pan over low heat to
  dry potatoes thoroughly.  Force hot potatoes through a sieve or ricer.
  Combine 1 cup of the potatotes with milk; set aside.
   Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.   Cream shortening; beat in
  sugar gradually until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating
  well after each addition. Mix in vanilla and melted chocolate. Add dry
  ingredients in 4 parts and potato mixture in 3 parts alternately to creamed
  mixture.   Beat only until smooth after each addition. Spread batter in 2
  greased and waxed paper-lined 9-inch cake pans. Bake in preheated 350
  degree oven for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove from oven and
  let stand in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool.
   Fill with whipped cream and frost with chocolate frosting.
 
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