Potato devil's food cake

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Shortening
Squares unsweetened chocolate
1 Egg
6 tablespoons Evaporated milk
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Sugar
½ cup Mashed potatoes
¼ teaspoon Salt
cup Flour
½ cup Chopped nuts

Directions

Cream shortening. Add sugar, chocolate, which has been melted over hot water, and mashed potatoes. Beat thoroughly. Add egg yolk and milk. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Beat thoroughly. Add nuts and flavoring. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Pour into well-oiled layer cake pans. Bake in moderate oven (375 F) 25-30 minutes. Mrs. H.E. Chrisman, Scottsbluff, NE.

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