Apple Bean Cake

Ingredients

 * 1 cup cooked pink beans
 * 1/2 cup shortening
 * 1 cup sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 1/2 cup apple butter
 * 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
 * 2 tsp baking powder
 * 1/2 tsp salt
 * 1 tsp ground cinnamon
 * 1/2 tsp ground cloves
 * 1/2 tsp ground allspice
 * 1 cup apple
 * 4 cup confectioners' sugar
 * 4 tbsp butter or margarine
 * 5 tbsp coffee

Directions
Grease 3 8-inch round cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 °F. In a medium bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg; continue beating until light. Stir in bean puree and apple butter. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice into a medium bowl. Stir flour mixture into bean mixture until blended. Mix in diced apple. Pour into greased pans. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans. Cool on racks. Prepare Coffee Icing in a small bowl by combining powdered sugar, butter and a dash of salt. Beat with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons coffee. Beat until smooth. Beat in remaining coffee, 1 teaspoon at a time as needed for spreading consistency. Layer cakes with icing.