Mashed Potato Cake

• 2 c. sugar
• 1 c. butter
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 c. sour cream
• 2 tsp. cocoa
• 1 c. mashed potatoes, cooled
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 c. nuts, chopped (pecans or walnuts)
• 1 c. raisins
• 1 c. apples, diced
• 2 1/2 c. flour
• stiffly beaten egg whites

1. Cream together sugar, butter and egg yolks.
2. Add sour cream, cocoa and mashed potatoes.
3. Beat in ginger, vanilla, soda and salt. Blend in nuts, raisins and apples.
4. Add flour, mixing slowly.
5. Beat egg whites until stiff and gently fold in.
6. Bake in tube pan or can bake in coffee cans and cut in half when done to look like logs. Ice with coffee icing.

sugar, butter, egg yolks, sour cream, cocoa, mashed potatoes, ginger, vanilla, soda, salt, nuts, raisins, apples, flour, egg whites

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=904006 (may not work)