Chocolate And Orange Potato Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 120 g potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
• 175 g butter
• 225 g demerara sugar
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 110 g chocolate, melted
• 1 orange, juice and zest of
• 225 g self raising flour
• 30 g cocoa powder
• 200 ml double cream
• 200 g dark chocolate, broken small
• 25 g butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180°c/gas 4. grease and line a 9 1/2" tin.
• 2 cream butter, potato and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• 3 beat in the eggs, then stir in the chocolate, orange juice and rind. fold in the flour and cocoa, and pour mixture into the tin.
• 4 cook for 30-40 minutes. ice when completely cool.
• 5 ganache:.
• 6 bring the cream to a boil in a pan.
• 7 place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and pour the cream over the top of it,mixing well to melt choc. mix in the butter.
• 8 allow to cool very slightly, then pour over the cooled cake.
• 9 nb:it really is worth using the best dark chocolate you can. don't use anything less than 70% cocoa solid.