Idaho Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 12-cup Bundt or tube pan with butter. Dust with cocoa, tapping out excess.
• Peel potato and coarsely chop. Place in a small saucepan and add enough water to cover. Heat over medium-high, bring to a boil, and cook until tender. Drain, then mash until no lumps remain. Measure out 3/4 cup for the recipe; set aside. Reserve the remainder for another use.
• Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and sugar and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and melted chocolate and beat until thoroughly incorporated. Add potato and beat to combine. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with sour cream, beating until just combined.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top with an offset spatula. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Turn out onto rack to cool completely. (Cake can be wrapped in plastic and stored at room temperature up to 1 day or frozen up to 1 month.)
• When cake has completely cooled, slice with a serrated knife, and serve with a dollop of whipped cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°. Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan and dust with flour. Place grated potato in work bowl. Combine all remaining ingredients and add half of the mixture to potato. Mix for 3 minutes, scraping bowl once. Transfer mixture to a larger bowl, add the balance of sour cream mixture, and beat an additional 3 minutes. Scrape sides of bowl once. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on rack. Invert onto cake dish and frost, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).
• Butter a 9-inch (23 cm) springform pan* and dust it with cocoa powder, tapping out any excess. If you suspect your springform pan isn't 100% water-tight, wrap the outside with aluminum foil, making sure it goes all the way up to the outer rim.
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler (or microwave), stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar, then whisk in the melted chocolate mixture until smooth.
• Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan and cover the top of the pan snugly with a sheet of foil. Put the springform pan into a larger baking pan, such as a roasting pan, and add enough hot water to the baking pan to come about halfway up to the outside of the cake pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. You'll know the cake is done when it feels just set, like quivering chocolate pudding. If you gently touch the center, your finger should come away clean.
• Lift the cake pan from the water bath and remove the foil. Let cake cool completely on a cooling rack.
• Serve thin wedges of this very rich cake at room temperature, with creme anglaise, ice cream, or whipped cream.
• Storage: This Chocolate Idiot Cake can be wrapped and chilled in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.