Name: Pinto Bean Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; ¼ cup shortening; 1 egg; 1 ½ cups flour; 1 tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp cloves; ½ tsp allspice; 1 tsp cinnamon; 2 cups pinto beans, cooked and mashed; 2 cups diced raw apple; 1 cup raisins; 1 cup black walnuts; 1 tsp vanilla

AuthorRetroRuth

From Mrs. Soule, Iowa Newspaper, 1975

Tested Recipe!

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1 cup sugar

¼ cup shortening

1 egg

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

½ tsp cloves

½ tsp allspice

1 tsp cinnamon

2 cups pinto beans, cooked and mashed

2 cups diced raw apple

1 cup raisins

1 cup black walnuts

1 tsp vanilla

Cream sugar and shortening. Add egg.

Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture.

Stir in beans, apples, raisins, nuts and vanilla. (Raisins can be plumped in hot water)

Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan. Bake in 350-degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Good with cream cheese icing, powdered sugar, white cooked icing or just whipped cream.

CategoryCake, Desserts

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