Golden Spud Spice Cake: A Moist and Irresistible Delight 🍰✨
Spud Spice Cake Recipe 🥔🍰
Overview:
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 16
Yield: 1 cake
Category: Dessert
Keywords: Potato, Vegetable, Kid Friendly, < 60 Mins, For Large Groups, Oven, Inexpensive
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1 3/4 | Sugar |
| 1 | Mashed potatoes |
| 3/4 | Shortening |
| 3 | Eggs |
| 2 | Flour |
| 1 | Cinnamon |
| 1/2 | Nutmeg |
| 1/2 | Salt |
| 1 | Baking soda |
| 1 | Buttermilk |
| 3/4 | Walnuts |
| 1/4 | Butter |
| 3/4 | Brown sugar |
| 3 | Milk |
| Confectioners’ sugar |
Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
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Cream together sugar, mashed potatoes, and shortening until well combined and fluffy.
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Add eggs one at a time to the sugar-potato mixture, beating well after each addition.
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Sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a separate bowl.
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In another bowl, combine baking soda and buttermilk.
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Alternately add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk mixture to the creamed sugar-potato mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
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Fold in chopped walnuts into the batter until evenly distributed.
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Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
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Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely.
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For the frosting: In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
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Stir in brown sugar and cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
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Add milk and bring the mixture to a full boil, then remove from heat.
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Allow the mixture to cool until lukewarm.
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Gradually mix in enough confectioners’ sugar to achieve a spreading consistency.
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Spread the frosting evenly over the cooled cake layers.
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Serve and enjoy your delicious Spud Spice Cake!
This Spud Spice Cake is a delightful twist on traditional spice cakes, incorporating the unique addition of mashed potatoes for extra moisture and richness. With warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, crunchy walnuts, and a creamy brown sugar frosting, this cake is sure to become a family favorite. Plus, it’s perfect for gatherings and celebrations, as it yields a generous 16 servings. Give this recipe a try and watch it disappear before your eyes!
