Moravian Sugar Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 c. hot mashed, dry and not seasoned potatoes
    1 c. granulated sugar
    1 cake or pkg. yeast, dissolved in 1 c. lukewarm water
    3/4 c. melted shortening (1/2 c. butter, 1/4 c. lard)
    1 tsp. salt
    2 eggs, slightly beaten
Preparation
    Mix in order and then stir in 4 1/4 cups flour.
    Cover with a towel or ventilated lid and place in warm place, free from draft, to rise, no more than 3 to 4 hours.
    Early the next morning, divide dough into 3 or 4 well-greased pans (square).
    Cover and let rise again for at least 1 hour.
    Make holes in the cake dough into which a piece of very cold butter is pressed.
    Add light brown sugar to butter holes.
    Over all, sprinkle more light brown sugar and bake 20 to 25 minutes in a 350\u00b0 oven.

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