Potato and Chocolate Cake 😊😊

 Potato and Chocolate Cake 😊😊

Ingredients

200g butter at room temperature

400g brown sugar

2 eggs

250ml whole milk

250g of mashed potato

100g of skimmed cocoa powder

400g unbleached wheat flour

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 table spoon of bicarbonate of soda

Salt q.s.

Frosting:

250g cream cheese

150ml liquid caramel

350g powdered sugar

4 tablespoons of butter

1 vanilla pod

Drops of lemon juice q.b.

Preparation

1. Start by greasing two removable ring molds with parchment paper and preheating the oven to 180ºC.

2. Bake the skinless potato, properly washed; drain the potato and reduce it to puree; Reserve.

3. Beat the butter with the sugar until you get a creamy and fluffy mixture; add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition; add the milk alternating with the mashed potatoes; combine the cocoa, vanilla essence, flour and baking soda.

4. Divide the cake batter between the two molds and bake for about half an hour to 35 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven and let it cool, already out of shape.

6. For the frosting, start by beating the cream cheese with the caramel and powdered sugar; add the butter and mix until obtaining a homogeneous mixture; mix in the pulp of the vanilla pod and a dash of lemon juice.

7. Transfer the cream to a pastry bag and store in the fridge until ready to use.

8. For assembly, lay out a first layer of the cake, fill it with the frosting, add another layer, cover with the frosting and decorate some of the toasted cake crumbs with a little salt.