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