Chocolate potato cake

Serve 6  generous slices

Serve 6 generous slices

Ingredients

Oil for greasing
200g caster sugar
250g butter
4 eggs separated
275g dark chocolate grated
75g ground almonds
165g freshly mashed potatoes
225g self raising flour
1 teasp cinnamon
3 tablespoons milk

To serve


100mlWhipped cream
50g grated chocolate

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180oc/gas 4 Grease and line a 9inch cake tin with baking parchment.
2. In a large bowl cream together the sugar and the butter until light and fluffy,then beat in the egg yolk one at a time until smooth and creamy.
3. Add the grated chocolate and ground almonds to the creamed mixture.
4. Pass the mashed potatoes through a sieve into a creamed chocolate mixture
5. Sift the flour and the cinnamon and fold into the mixure with the milk
6. Whisk the egg whites until form peaks and fold into the mixture
7. Spoon into the prepared tin, bake for 11/2 hours depending on your oven or until set and springy
8. When cooked turn onto a baking sheet and leave to cool
9. when cold spoon on the whipped cream on top and cover with the grated chocolate indulge.



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