Apple Spiced Mashed Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Apple Spiced Mashed Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Dry cakes? Add some mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
Apple Spiced Cake
- 1 7/8 Cup Sugar
- 2 1/4 Cup All-purpose flour
- 1/2 Cup Butter, unsalted
- 1/8 Cup Mashed potatoes
- 2 Each Granny Smith apples, grated
- 2 Each Eggs, whole, large
- 1 1/4 Cup Applesauce
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- 1 Teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ground cloves
- 1 Teaspoon Baking soda
- 1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 6 Tablespoon Butter, unsalted, room temperature
- 2 Cup Cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 1/2 Cup Powdered sugar
- 2 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients and equipment needed.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease or butter parchment paper lined 9-inch cake pan or 7-inch loaf pan.
Spiced apple mashed potato cake
- In a medium bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Whisk together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar with a hand mixer or spatula until light, fluffy and well combined.
- Mix in eggs, one at a time until well incorporated.
- Stir in applesauce and apples.
- Add the dry ingredient mixture and gently mix until all dry ingredients are mixed in.
- Pour cake batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Cream cheese frosting
- In a bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or bowl and spatula, cream butter until smooth.
- Add cream cheese and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
Nutrition
Serving: 8servingsCalories: 710kcalCarbohydrates: 101gProtein: 7gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 520mgPotassium: 144mgFiber: 2gSugar: 75gVitamin C: 0.06mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 2mg