Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 c Butter 1 c Potatoes; cooked, mashed,
2 c Sugar -unseasoned
3 ea Eggs 1/2 c Milk
2 c Flour, all-purpose 1 ts Vanilla extract
1 ts Cinnamon, ground 1 c Raisins, seedless; chopped
1 ts Cloves, ground 1 c Dates; chopepd
2 ts Baking powder 4 tb Flour, all-purpose
3 tb Cocoa

----------------------CARAMEL FROSTING---------------------------
4 c Sugar, brown 2 ts Butter
1/2 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla extract

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Combine 2 cups flour with
the cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, and cocoa. Sift together. Add
sifted dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with potatoes
and milk. Add vanilla. Sprinkle raisins and dates with 4 tablespoons
flour, and stir into batter. Spoon mixture into 3 greased and
floured 9" layer cake pans; bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or
until cake tests done. Cool cake layers and put together with Caramel
Frosting.

Caramel Frosting: Combine sugar, milk, and butter and cook to 235
degrees on candy thermometer. Cool. Add vanilla and beat to spreading
consistency. Yield: enough for three 9" layers. SOURCE: Southern
Living Magazine, sometime in 1973. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.
Submitted By DOROTHY FLATMAN On 02-09-95

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