Description:

A wonderful cake, full of flavor, and you'd never know a Pinto Bean was in it!

Source:

Arizona Girl

Serves/Makes:12 large, 24 small squares

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) margarine
• 2 cups (475 ml) sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups (475 ml) refried beans or pinto beans
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped nuts (toasted pecans are wonderful)
• 1-1/4 cups (300 ml) flour
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) baking powder
• 1 tsp (5 ml) cinnamon
• 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) ground allspice
• Glaze:
• 1 cup (225 ml) brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter or margarine
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla

Preparation

• Cake:
• Cream margarine, eggs and sugar.
• Put fully cooked pinto beans through a blender or food processor until they are soft and smooth and no lumps.
• Add the beans to creamed mixture alternately with the sifted dry ingredients.
• Add nuts.
• Bake in greased and floured 9x13-inch pan 1 hour or until done.
• Glaze immediately, or no longer than still warm to the touch, and pour over the glaze.
• Glaze:
• Mix sugar, milk and butter butter in a heavy saucepan.
• Boil 5 minutes, stir in vanilla.
• Pour over hot cake.
• Hint: I often times add mini-chocolate chips to this cake's batter before it goes into the oven, and we love the chocolate added in!!

Comments

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