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| Chocolate cake looking like a prop used in film noir |
Ingredients:
| - 1 cup | yellow-fleshed potatoes, mashed & hot |
| - 1 cup | water, lukewarm |
| - 2/3 cup | butter, softened |
| - 2 cups | brown sugar |
| - 1 tsp | vanilla extract |
| - 4 | eggs |
| - 3/4 cup | cocoa |
| - 2 cups | all purpose flour |
| - 2 ¼ tsp | baking powder |
| - ½ tsp | baking soda |
| - pinch | salt |
| - ¾ cup | semi-sweet chocolate chips |
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan and dust with cocoa powder. Remove any excess cocoa powder and set aside.
Whisk the water into the mashed potatoes to form a smooth mixture.
Beat the butter, brown sugar and vanilla for 4-5 minutes with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add 2 eggs and mix until blended, scrape down sides of bowl; add remaining eggs and continue mixing until well blended.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt, then stir to combine.
At a low speed, alternate adding the sifted dry ingredients with the potato mixture until incorporated into the butter, sugar and eggs. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Place the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes (or more), until the cake springs back when pressed lightly and begins to move away from the sides of the pan.
Cool in the pan on a rack. Sift confectioners sugar over the cake.
Whisk the water into the mashed potatoes to form a smooth mixture.
Beat the butter, brown sugar and vanilla for 4-5 minutes with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add 2 eggs and mix until blended, scrape down sides of bowl; add remaining eggs and continue mixing until well blended.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt, then stir to combine.
At a low speed, alternate adding the sifted dry ingredients with the potato mixture until incorporated into the butter, sugar and eggs. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Place the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes (or more), until the cake springs back when pressed lightly and begins to move away from the sides of the pan.
Cool in the pan on a rack. Sift confectioners sugar over the cake.
