Irish Potato Cake

5 from 2 votes

If you love mashed potatoes, try this Irish Potato Cake. It's a spiced homemade bundt cake loaded with nuts and raisins. Mashed potatoes help keep the cake extra moist and tender.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 25

Total Time1 40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: creamy mashed potatoes, easy bundt cake, potato cake, raisin cake

Servings:

Calories: 448kcal

Author: Julie Clark

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
⅔ cup salted butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins
¼ cup powdered sugar for dusting the top of the cake

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease a 10” bundt cake pan with shortening, then dust it with flour.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar using a hand mixer. Mix well.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well blended.
Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with the milk and potatoes.
Mix until the cake batter is well blended, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
Fold in the walnuts and raisins.
Pour the cake batter in the prepared bundt pan.
Bake for 80- 85 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool the cake on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a plate to cool completely.
Once the cake is cool, dust the top with powdered sugar.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Notes

The calories shown are based on the cake being cut into 12 pieces, with 1 serving being 1 slice of cake. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information.**

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