POTATO CAKE
- 6 ozs. (¾ cup) butter
- 1 lb. (2 cups) sugar
- ½ lb. (2 cups) flour
- ½ pint (1 cup) hot mashed potatoes
- 1 gill (½ cup) milk
- ⅓ cupful melted chocolate
- ½ pint (1 cup) English walnut meats
- 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
- 1 teaspoonful powdered cloves
- 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
- ½ teaspoonful grated nutmeg
- 4 eggs
Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, then add the potatoes, milk, chocolate, yolks of eggs well beaten, flour, baking powder, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
Mix all together, then add the chopped nuts. Turn into a buttered and floured casserole, and bake in a moderate oven for forty-five minutes.