POTATO CHOCOLATE CAKE

2 cups sugar
2/3 cup Crisco vegetable shortening
4 eggs, unbeaten
1 cup hot mashed potatoes, unseasoned
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa powder
3 tbsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. nutmeg
1/2 tbsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.

Gradually beat sugar into Crisco until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Add potatoes and vanilla.

Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Add sifted ingredients and milk alternately to creamed mixture, about 1/4 of each at a time, beating until smooth. Stir in nuts. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.