Chocolate And Orange Potato Cake
- 120 g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
- 175 g butter
- 225 g demerara sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 110 g chocolate, melted
- 1 orange, juice and zest of
- 225 g self raising flour
- 30 g cocoa powder
- Ganache
- 200 ml double cream
- 200 g dark chocolate, broken small
- 25 g butter
- Preheat the oven to 180u0b0C/Gas 4. Grease and line a 9 1/2" tin.
- Cream butter, potato and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, then stir in the chocolate, orange juice and rind. Fold in the flour and cocoa, and pour mixture into the tin.
- Cook for 30-40 minutes. Ice when completely cool.
- Ganache:
- Bring the cream to a boil in a pan.
- Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and pour the cream over the top of it,mixing well to melt choc. Mix in the butter.
- Allow to cool very slightly, then pour over the cooled cake.
- NB:It really is worth using the best dark chocolate you can. Don't use anything less than 70% cocoa solid.
potatoes, butter, demerara sugar, eggs, chocolate, orange, flour, cocoa powder, ganache, cream, dark chocolate, butter
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-and-orange-potato-cake-323453 (may not work)