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Chocolate Potato Cake
« on: September 14, 2009, 10:02:22 am »
Name of Recipe: CHOCOLATE POTATO CAKE

Number of People: 12 serves

Ingredients:
330g Peeled Potato Cubed
230g Plain Flour
45g Cocoa
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Mixed Spice
185g Butter, softened
200g Brown Sugar
4 Eggs
250g Milk

Preparation:
Prepare potato, place in varoma. Add water to bowl and steam for approx 12 minutes on speed 4 until tender. Allow to cool.

Preheat oven to a moderate 180oC (160oC fan forced).

Lightly grease and line a shallow 18 x 28cm baking pan.

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and mixed spice onto baking paper (or into a bowl  ;)).

Add butter and sugar to  *: and mix on speed 4 until creamy (approx 1 minute). Scrape down sides of the bowl.

With blades turning on speed 2 add eggs one at a time through hole in the lid and mix in well.

Add potato and mix speed 3 for approx 30 seconds until roughly mashed and mixed through.

Add sifted flours and milk, fold through on speed 6 plus  :-: for approx 20 to 30 seconds until just combined.

Bake for 40 - 45 Min or until firm. Allow to cool. Top with frosting, chopped pecans and grated chocolate. Cut into squares to serve.

Tips/Hints:
Use 95g Butter and 100g Sugar and replace rest of butter and sugar with 195g Apple Sauce.

For a fudge brownie style slice increase potato to 500g and bake in a 20 x 30 cm lamington pan.

This cake keeps for 4-5 days. Refrigerate in an airtight container.

Converted from That's Life booklet

« Last Edit: September 14, 2009, 10:06:37 am by faffa_70 »
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2009, 06:22:20 pm »
Good work faffa - a bit like bron's potato sponge cake - but with chocolate - what is the texture like?
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2009, 05:08:16 am »
I made the fudge version with the extra potato and it was very dense and fudgy. Loved by the teens of course  ;D
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2009, 05:10:59 am »
Saw this one myself Kathryn - thanks for converting it.  I love the idea of vegies in cakes even though we don't have children at home which need to be force fed vegies.
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2009, 05:13:44 am »
LOL I love it myself, though potato probably isn't a preferred veg to sneak into them. It was nice though - well the one small piece that I got to try. Mine hang around like flies waiting for me to ice / frost things so they can eat them as the rule is in the house if you cut it before I frost it I don't frost it  :P
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2009, 03:14:23 am »
Over the last couple of years I've stopped icing my cakes as we're trying to take care of weight etc. (damn BIL for having that heart attack at 60) I did ice the Carrot and White Chocolate cake though and it was lovely. A real treat.
But then we don't have hungry people who will burn up all the energy in no time at all.
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2009, 07:28:29 am »
Just cut the slices thinner cookie1 - if you can !!!
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2009, 03:32:50 am »
It's self serve in this house-especially for morning and afternoon tea. I will serve dinner.
It's easy to tell how much family like the cake or slice, you look at the thickness of the slices!
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2009, 03:35:20 am »
Mine seem to think slices consist of a quarter of a cake at a time!!!!  :o :o This one I think you could get away without icing for the fudgy recipe, I have yet to make the other one of it.
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2009, 03:45:37 am »
At least they share !!!  ;D ;D
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Re: Chocolate Potato Cake
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2009, 03:54:47 am »
Yes a quarter for each of the teens and a quarter for the rest of the house to share lol
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