Chocolate potato cake

Name: Chocolate potato cake
Ingredients: whipped cream, to serve; chocolate curls, to decorate; 45 ml/3 tbsp milk; 5 ml/1 tsp cinnamon; 225 g/8 oz/2 cup self-raising (self-rising) flour; 165 g/5½ oz/1½ cups mashed potato; 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup ground almonds; 175 g/6 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, finely grated; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter, diced; 115 g/4 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate, broken into pieces; 200 g/7 oz/1 cup caster (superfine) sugar; 4 eggs, separated; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup butter, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
10–12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

This rich cake owes its moist texture to the addition of smooth mashed potato. Topped with chocolate fudge icing, the cake makes a superb dessert with a little whipped cream.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/1 cup butter, plus extra for greasing
200

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm/9in round deep cake tin (pan) with baking parchment.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat the egg yolks into the creamed mixture. Stir the chocolate into t