Potato Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups of sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup of warm mashed potatoes
• 4 ounces of bitter chocolate
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of mace
• 2 cups of flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup of raisins
• 1/2 cup of nuts
• 1/2 cup of currants

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, sugar and yolks of eggs, add chocolate and spices, then add potatoes and flour and water alternately, and lastly the whites of eggs and fruit.

2. 2

   Bake one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Fruit Cake. 2 cups of sugar; y2 cup of butter; 4 eggs; 1 cup of warm mashed potatoes; 4 ounces of bitter chocolate; % cup of water; 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon; y2 tea- spoon of mace ; 2 cups of flour ; 3 teaspoons baking powder; y2 cup of raisins; y2 cup of nuts;

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