Spicy Bean Cake
 

1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups cooked, mashed pinto beans
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 cups diced apples
1/4 cup chopped nuts 
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
3/4 cup raisins
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 
Optional: 4 Tbls. cocoa if Chocolate cake is desired

Cream butter or margarine. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well. Blend in beans. Sift together dry ingredients. Add to creamed mixture, blending well. Fold in apples, raisins, nuts & vanilla. Pour into buttered 9x13" pan. Bake in 375° oven 45 to 50 minutes or until cake tests done. Can frost with maple frosting. 

Nutritional Analysis per serving: 189 Calories; 3.8 g protein; 4.9 g fat (23% calories from fat); 20.5 g carbohydrate; 29 mg cholesterol; 3 g fiber; 64 mg sodium. 

Exchange: 1 starch; 1.5 fat.

 
Recipe Courtesy of Idaho Bean Commission