Long Island Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup shredded potato (1 medium potato)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour two 9" cake pans measure flour and baking soda into a sifter melt the chocolate in a large pyrex (or other heat proof) bowl over a pot of boiling water.
• 2 let cool slightly.
• 3 add butter and sugar and cream until fluffy.
• 4 beat in eggs, one at a time until blended.
• 5 stir in potato and vanilla sift into batter one third of the flour.
• 6 stir in by hand until moist.
• 7 add one third of milk.
• 8 stir until blended.
• 9 alternate flour and milk until all is used up.
• 10 end with flour.
• 11 pour into prepared pans.
• 12 bake in a preheated 350 degree oven until top springs back when lightly touched, about 40 min.
• 13 remove from oven and cool until easy to handle.
• 14 remove from pans and cool completely on racks.
• 15 make the frosting.
• 16 melt the butter and cocoa in a saucepan.
• 17 beat the sugar in a little at a time until it makes a paste.
• 18 add vanilla.
• 19 the frosting will be too stiff to spread.
• 20 add hot water one teaspoon at a time until spreadable.
• 21 frost and fill cake.