# Potato and Almond Cake

Recipe by [Matteo Brandt](https://fridge.menu/en/u/matteobrandt)

A potato cake made with mashed potato, almonds and a hint of rum.

Servings: 8 · Prep 45 min · Cook 50 min · Desserts

Vegetarian · Contains: milk, nuts, eggs

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## Ingredients

- 150 g Almonds
- 300 g Potato — mashed
- 150 g Brown sugar
- 120 g Butter
- 3 pcs Eggs
- 0.5 pcs Vanilla pod
- 2 tbsp Rum
- 1 pinch Salt
- Potato starch — as needed
- pinch Icing sugar — for dusting

## Steps

1. Wash the potatoes and boil them in their skins in boiling water. (45 min)
2. Let the potatoes cool, peel them and mash into a purée.
3. Grind the almonds in a blender until they resemble coarse flour.
4. Crack the eggs, separating the whites from the yolks.
5. Add the brown sugar to the yolks and beat with a mixer, gradually pouring in the melted butter.
6. Gradually add the almond flour together with a pinch of salt, continuing to beat.
7. Split the vanilla pod in half and add the black seeds from the middle.
8. Add the mashed potato, folding it in gently by hand with a whisk, then pour in the rum.
9. Beat the egg whites with a mixer until stiff peaks form. (3 min)
10. Gradually fold the beaten egg whites into the batter, mixing gently by hand with a whisk in one direction.
11. Grease a baking tin with butter and dust with potato starch, then pour in the batter.
12. Bake at 160°C. (50 min)
13. After baking, dust the cake with icing sugar, and decorate with raspberries and redcurrants if you like.

Published 2026-10-09

https://fridge.menu/en/r/sweet-potato-pie-d68zm2rq

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