Long Island Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
4 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 large potato, peeled and finely shredded
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup milk
Rich Fudge Frosting
Directions
1. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt onto wax paper.
2. Beat shortening and sugar until fluffy in large bowl of electric mixer at high speed; beat in eggs, one at a time, beat in chocolate; fold in shredded potato and vanilla.
3. Add dry ingredients and milk, alternately. Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans.
4. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 30 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched with fingertip. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; loosen around edges with narrow spatula; turn out onto racks; cool completely.
5. Put layers together with rich fudge frosting; frost side and top, making deep swirls with spatula.
2. Beat shortening and sugar until fluffy in large bowl of electric mixer at high speed; beat in eggs, one at a time, beat in chocolate; fold in shredded potato and vanilla.
3. Add dry ingredients and milk, alternately. Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans.
4. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 30 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched with fingertip. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; loosen around edges with narrow spatula; turn out onto racks; cool completely.
5. Put layers together with rich fudge frosting; frost side and top, making deep swirls with spatula.
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