Chocolate Potato Cake

• 1 cup mashed potatoes
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 8 tablespoons butter or 8 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares, melted (4-1oz squares)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 34 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt

1. Place all ingredients, except the chocolate, in a large bowl.
2. With an electric mixer on low speed, mix until well blended, occasionally scraping the bowl with a spatula.
3. Then beat at medium speed for 4 minutes.
4. Add chocolate and blend throughly.
5. Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
6. Pour batter into pan.
7. Bake in a preheated 350 oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick pushed into the centre comes out clean.
8. Or bake in three 9-inch layer pans for 20 minutes, or until thoothpick comes out clean.
9. Let stand for 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.
10. Ice as desired.

potatoes, flour, baking soda, baking powder, butter, chocolate squares, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-potato-cake-352577 (may not work)