Potato Spice Cake with Caramel Frosting
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup or 1½ sticks butter
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup cold mashed potatoes
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup raisins
  • ¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
  • Caramel Frosting
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 1 ½ to 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. To Make the Cake
  2. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a nine-by-thirteen-inch baking pan.
  3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and set aside.
  4. Cream together the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
  5. Add the potatoes and beat.
  6. Add the flour to the butter and egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk, combining very well after each addition.
  7. Fold in the raisins and nuts.
  8. Pour into the baking pan and bake for about 40 minutes or until a tester inserted comes out clean.
  9. To make the frosting
  10. Make frosting by melting butter over medium heat and cooking the brown sugar in it for a couple minutes until it is smooth and glossy.
  11. Add the milk and bring to a boil.
  12. Take off the heat and beat in vanilla and enough confectioner’s sugar to make smooth and spreadable frosting.
  13. Frost cake after cooling it.
Recipe by Taste Buds at https://tastebuds.bdnblogs.com/2018/04/10/tasty-treats/vegetables-in-funny-places-potato-spice-cake/