2 c Sugar
1 c Butter
1 c Potatoes, mashed; hot
1 c Pecans; chopped
1/2 c Milk, sweet
2 c Flour
4 Egg; well beaten
5 ts Chocolate; melted
1 ts Cloves
1 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Nutmeg
4 ts Baking powder
Cream well the butter and sugar. Add the other ingredients, leaving the
eggs and baking powder till the last. Moisten the baking powder with a
tablespoon of water the fold it and the eggs in lightly. Bake in layer
pans about 40 minutes [in a 350 F. oven, until a toothpick tests clean].
For filling, use cooked icing with a dozen marshmallows beaten in while the
icing is hot. If you desire, you may add nuts and raisins to the icing.
Ola Cunningham
Comanche Study Club cookbook
Comanche, TX, 1927
Yields
8