potato cake

Ingredients

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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.