What is a good recipe for potato cakes?

the ones you make with mashed potatoes.. i tried to make them one day and they kinda just burnt so whats a good way to get them to not burnWhat is a good recipe for potato cakes?
NO FLOUR read:


Left over mashed potatoes! I always make extra so I can make em the next day so they will be stiff......about 4 cups of potatoes.


dice an onion and saute it in margarine till carmelized, put that into the mashed potatoes,


2 eggs(more if there is a big bowl of potatoes,) it's what gules the stuff together, salt %26amp; pepper n green onion tops. No flour.


Mix it all up, then in a skillet, put a small amount of oil in the skillet on med how, let it heat first. When how, drop spoonfulls of the tater mix in the oil..Not huge spoonfulls that will take longer to cook and may burn before the middle is done. Flatten gently, cook on med low about 5 to 7 min per side till brown. Add more oil as needed. Don't turn the heat to high and don't keep flipping. let them cook till well set before you flip. Only flip once. Now some people roll the shaped cakes in flour, bread crumbs etc. before the put them in the oil, I do not...we like them without all that.


Here are some tater cake video recipes step by step:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E2xx2Pax鈥?/a>What is a good recipe for potato cakes?
Yeah just squishing the taters together and frying them won't work. We call these potato puffs but you can make them into pancake type forms.





1/2 cup flour


1/4 tsp salt


1 egg slightly beaten


1 tsp basking powder


1 cup slightly warmed mashed taters


1 tsp parsley





Mix together and drop by spoon fulls into hot oil. Fry until golden brown.





Or pat them into pancakes and pan fry in oil or butter.