Sunday, February 11, 2007

Pinto bean cake

1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
2 cups unseasoned pinto beans, drained and mashed
1 egg
1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinammon
2 cups raw apples
1 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon soda

Frosting:
1 box powdered sugar
1 tablespoon bean soup
1/2 cup margarine
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon vanilla

Cream butter and sugar together. add remaining ingredients. Pour into cake pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.

Cream frosting ingredients together and spread over cake.

(Submitted by Mrs. John G. Adams, Pittsville, Virginia)

Source: Road King magazine (Union Oil Company of California), "Home Cookin' for the King of the Road: A Recipe Book of Hearty, Man Pleasing Dishes Perfected by Wives of Truck Drivers" (1976)