Baked Bean Cake Or Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 (19 ounce) can baked beans in tomato sauce
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup canola oil (i used 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce)
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 place raisins in a bowl and pour boiling water over them, set aside.
• 3 in large mixing bowl, mash beans with a fork.
• 4 add eggs, oil and sugar, beat well.
• 5 combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• 6 (i sometimes add a 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cloves to spice it up a little!).
• 7 stir into bean mixture.
• 8 drain raisins and reserve liquid.
• 9 add raisins, nuts and vanilla to batter.
• 10 if batter is too thick, add a little of the raisin water, stirring to combine.
• 11 pour mixture into a greased 13" x 9" baking pan.
• 12 bake at 325 degrees for approximately an hour or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 13 remove from oven and let cool in pan on rack.
• 14 icing:.
• 15 combine sugar and cream in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat.
• 16 bring to a boil, cook for 2 minutes.
• 17 add butter, remove from heat and stir in nuts, coconut and vanilla.
• 18 pour evenly over the cake, allow to cool before cutting.
• 19 note: edited to reduce 1 cup oil to 1/2 cup and 1/2 cup applesauce and reduced the sugar from 2 to 1 1/2 cups with good results. this recipe will makes 24 large muffins, baking time is 30 minutes.
• 20 enjoy!