Chocolate, Potato and Pecan Cake

Name: Chocolate, Potato and Pecan Cake
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 12 oz (350 g) plain flour, sifted; 1 teaspoon salt; 8 oz (225 g) sugar; 7 oz (200 g) potatoes, peeled, cooked and sieved; 6 oz (175 g) butter; ¼ pint (150 ml) milk; ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg; 4 oz (110 g) chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 3 tablespoons black treacle; 1½ oz (40 g) plain chocolate, grated; 1 teaspoon cloves; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon allspice

Preparation info

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

This is an old-fashioned, dense cake with an unusual and elusive taste. It’s the sort of cake that calls out to be dunked in strong coffee halfway through a cold morning.

Ingredients

7 oz (200 g) potatoes, peeled, cooked and sieved
6 oz (175

Cake
Dessert
March
Wedding/Marriage
Vegetarian

Method

This cake can be made almost entirely in a food processor. Cream the butter and sugar and add the potato. Add the eggs one at a time, then the flour, baking powder, salt and spices.

Add the milk and treacle and then the grated chocolate and vanilla essence. Lastly stir in the nuts. Turn into a well-greased 10-i