Pinto Bean Cake

My grandmother ate pinto beans nearly every single day of her life. When I found this recipe, it reminded me of her. Of course she always ate her pinto beans with some sort of sweet relish, be it pickle, carrot or squash. So I guess this recipe makes since to take the taste of beans and mix it with something sweet.

It's also a perfect way to get your children to eat their beans. Trick them with this pinto bean cake recipe.

Pinto Bean Cake:

1 stick of butter
1 cup of sugar
2 cups of pinto beans, unseasoned, drained and mashed -save the juice for later use
1 egg
1 cup of self rising flour
2 cups of apples, sliced thin
1 cup of nuts
1/2 teaspoon of cloves
1 cup of raisins
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in the remaining ingredients. Pour the cake batter into a cake pan and bake for about an hour at 325 degrees. Prepare frosting.

1 box of powdered sugar
1 tablespoon of the juice from the beans
1/2 cup of butter
1 tablespoons of milk
1 tablespoon of vanilla

Cream and spread on cooled cake. Enjoy!