Chocolate Liqueur Quickbread

Ingredients for dough:
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate or 12 T unsweetened cocoa powder (or a mixture of both)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
4 eggs
2/3 cup honey
2 cups mashed potatoes
1/2 cup brandy, rum, orange juice, or a mixture
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons orange zest
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Preparing the dough:
Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave and mix together.

In another bowl, beat the eggs until they start to get frothy. Add honey, mashed potatoes, the alcohol and/or juice, vanilla extra, and orange zest. Stir in the chocolate-butter mixture.

In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir 2 cups of it into the wet mixture. The mixture should be a heavy batter. If it is still fairly thin, add the rest of the flour mixture to it and stir until everything is moistened.

Pour the batter into greased baking pans.

Bake at 350 degrees F on the middle shelf of the oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. In small loaf pans it may take about 40 minutes; in a full-sized pan it may take closer to 1 hour.