Chocolate Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, yolks and whites separated
• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
• 1 cup mashed potatoes
• 1/2 lemon, zest of
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, lightly toasted and chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a bundt pan.
• 3 cream butter and sugar.
• 4 add egg yolks one at a time til blended.
• 5 stir in melted chocolate, mashed potatoes, lemon rind, and vanilla.
• 6 sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg together.
• 7 ad flour mixture to rest of batter alternating with milk.
• 8 fold in pecans.
• 9 beat egg whites and carefully fold them in.
• 10 bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 11 cool 15 minutes in pan then turn out to cool completely.