![]() ![]() Fragrant with ground cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and studded with nuts, it may remind some of Texas sheet cake. But in fact, stirring mashed potatoes into the batter is a brilliant way to give the cake extra moistness. German chocolate cake, ennobled by a caramel, coconut and pecan filling, was known as the "rich people's cake," Wilbert Jones explained in "Mama's Tea Cakes: 101 Delicious Soul Food Desserts."Ĭhocolate-potato cake is an heirloom recipe, popular among early twentieth-century cooks from Kentucky to California, that might seem like a purely make-do improvisation for stretching valuable chocolate. In flush times, bakers added extra chocolate to standard chocolate cake batter, which yields a deep, dark fudge cake known as devil's food cake. ![]() ![]() For generations, chocolate was a luxury food item that families stretched their budgets to afford, making its presence on our tables an expression of affluence. ![]()
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