Baked Bean Cake Or Muffins - cooking recipe

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
Coconut Icing
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

Preparation

Cake:
Place raisins in a bowl and pour boiling water over them, set aside.
In large mixing bowl, mash beans with a fork.
Add eggs, oil and sugar, beat well.
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
(I sometimes add a 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cloves to spice it up a little!).
Stir into bean mixture.
Drain raisins and reserve liquid.
Add raisins, nuts and vanilla to batter.
If batter is too thick, add a little of the raisin water, stirring to combine.
Pour mixture into a greased 13\" x 9\" baking pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for approximately an hour or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool in pan on rack.
Icing:
Combine sugar and cream in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat.
Bring to a boil, cook for 2 minutes.
Add butter, remove from heat and stir in nuts, coconut and vanilla.
Pour evenly over the cake, allow to cool before cutting.
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.
Enjoy!