Coffee Walnut Cake Recipe

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I love to enter my recipes at potato contests in our area. This moist, coffee-flavored cake calls for only one potato, but it still won first place! —Carolyn Kelley, Caribou, Maine

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Coffee Walnut Cake Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

30 25 55

Ingredients

1 medium potato, peeled and cubed
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon baking cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Place potato in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving 2/3 cup cooking water. Mash potato and set aside. Dissolve coffee granules in reserved cooking water; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and mashed potato. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture with 1/2 cup reserved coffee.
Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
In a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, cocoa, vanilla and remaining coffee. Frost cake. Sprinkle with walnuts. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 433 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 60 mg cholesterol, 358 mg sodium, 75 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Coffee Walnut Cake in Country February/March 2009, p51

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Reviewed on Mar. 04, 2010 by tkarinas

This coffee walnut cake is very good and so easy to make. It's one my family and I just plain love and one we'll be making many more times. It's a keeper, for sure, and one we'll be putting in my recipe box.