Fiesta Bean Cake
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 cups cooked pinto beans, drained and mashed
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups peeled, diced cooking apples
- 2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
- 2 cups raisins
- Sifted powdered sugar
- Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pinto beans, beating well. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, soda, salt, and spices; gradually add to bean mixture, beating well. Stir in vanilla.
- Combine apples, pecans, and raisins; dredge in remaining 1/2 cup flour, and gently fold into batter.
- Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan. Bake at 375u0b0 for 50 to 55 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely. Sprinkle top of cake with powdered sugar.
butter, sugar, eggs, pinto beans, flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground cloves, nutmeg, vanilla, cooking apples, pecans, raisins, powdered sugar
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fiesta-bean-cake (may not work)