Pinto Bean Cake Recipes

PINTO BEAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
• Cream butter or margarine and sugar together. Add the beaten egg and mix well. Stir in the mashed cooked beans and the vanilla.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, and ground allspice together. Add the chopped pecans, golden raisins, and the diced apples to the flour mixture. Stir to coat. Pour flour mixture into the creamed mixture and stir until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Dribble with a simple confectioner's sugar icing and garnish with candied cherries and pecan halves, if desired.

PINTO BEAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cream sugar and butter.
• Add eggs and mashed pinto beans and mix well.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to sugar mixture.
• Stir in apples, nuts and vanilla.
• Pour into greased Bundt pan and bake for 45 minutes.

SPICY PINTO BEAN CAKE

Steps:

• Beat pinto beans and bean liquid in bowl until smooth.
• Cream butter and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add egg, vanilla and beans, mix well.
• Combine dry ingredients, mix well.
• Add half the flour mixture to creamed mixture, beat well.
• Stir in apples, raisins, walnuts and remaining flour mixture, beat until just mixed.
• Pour into buttered 8" tube pan.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
• Invert on funnel to cool.
• Loosen cake from sides of pan.
• Turn onto cake platter.