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Potato Chocolate Cake

A checkerboard cake for V-Day!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/potato-chocolate-cake • Posted by ZanyDays

I made a checkerboard cake for V-Day! It is a Potato Chocolate Cake (recipe from the Idaho Potato Commission), and it is D-lish! I decorated the edges with a mixture of chocolate sprinkles and coarsely ground coffee beans (ground them with a dash of cocoa powder and powdered sugar for sweetness)

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

I made a checkerboard cake for V-Day! It is a Potato Chocolate Cake (recipe from the Idaho Potato Commission), and it is D-lish! I decorated the edges with a mixture of chocolate sprinkles and coarsely ground coffee beans (ground them with a dash of cocoa powder and powdered sugar for sweetness)

Instructions

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    Make your batter and split into two equal quantities. Color one with red food coloring and leave the other brown.

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    Spray pans

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    Chuck in some flour

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    And dust evenly all around the base and sides.

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    Alternate colors into the checkerboard cake pans. Wash the separator between uses.

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    Carefully remove the separator.

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    Bake at 375 for 20-40 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the deepest section of the batter comes out clean. Cool completely on racks. Frost, decorate and Serve!