Spicy Bean Cake

-Bonnie Aamodt

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups mashed, cooked pinto beans
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves
2 cups diced apples
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in beans. Sift together dry ingredients. Add to creamed mixture, blending well. Fold in apples, nuts, raisins, and vanilla. Pour into a buttered 9 X 13 inch pan. Bake in 375 degree oven 45 to 50 minutes until cake tests done.

Cream Cheese Frosting
3 ounces cream cheese
1 Tbsp. soft butter
1 1/2 cups powered sugar
1/4 cup raisins, chopped
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Cream cheese and butter. Blend in powered sugar, raisins and vanilla. Use to frost Spicy Bean Cake