Pomme de Terre Cake

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Ingredients

• 2 c. sugar
• ¾ c. fat
• 4 eggs
• 2½ c. flour
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ c. sour cream or milk
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. soda
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 squares bitter chocolate (melted)
• 1 c. nuts
• 1 c. raw grated potato

Directions

1. Cream fat and sugar.
2. Add sour cream and grated potato.
3. Add flour sifted with baking powder and soda.
4. Add nuts and melted chocolate.
5. Fold in the whites. Do not grate potato until ready to add to batter.
6. Bake in a loaf.

Remarks

Cakes of this type are better after "ripening" twenty-four hours in a bread box.