Chocolate cake

Potato Chocolate Cake

It may sound unusual, but mashed potato creates a wonderfully moist cake. This recipe produces a rich, fudgy result.

Serves: 10

Ingredients

  • 250g mashed potato
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 180g self raising flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 120ml vegetable oil
  • 100ml milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 100g dark chocolate chips

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin.
  3. In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, milk and vanilla.
  4. Stir through the mashed potato until smooth.
  5. Sift in the flour and cocoa and mix until combined.
  6. Fold through the chocolate chips.
  7. Pour into the prepared tin.
  8. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached.
  9. Cool completely before icing.

Chocolate Ganache

  • 100g dark chocolate
  • 100ml cream

Heat the cream until just simmering, pour over the chocolate and stir until smooth. Spread over the cooled cake.

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