Potato Chocolate Cake
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1 cup hot mashed potatoes, (unseasoned)
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour, sifted
1 cup chopped nuts
2 Tbsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 Tbsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vanilla
3/4 cup cocoa

Prepare mashed potatoes. Beat sugar into shortening until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla and potatoes. Sift remaining dry ingredients together, and add alternately with milk, beating smooth. Add nuts. Turn into a greased, floured 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes.