Chocolate Potato Cake       12" oven
Bake @ 350°  30-35 minutes
Grease and flour the inside of the oven. Set aside
Beat until creamy in medium-size bowl:
2 cups sugar 
1/2 cup shortening
Add: 4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup warm mashed potatoes 1/2 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
Stir in: 2 cups flour
2 heaping tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
Mix for 5 minutes. Pour batter into oven. Bake with top and bottom heat for /3's of total time. Remove from bottom heat, finish baking with top heat. When done, remove from oven and cool on rack.