| Servings: | 24 |
| Author Notes: | This is a handy tome to add to your library, especially if you're a gardener who has an overabundance of of crops. It also provides a sneaky way of getting kids (of all ages) to eat more veggies! This recipe, for instance, uses Great Northern beans, sun dried tomatoes and habanero peppers. |
| Ingredients: |
Cake: nonstick vegetable cooking spray 2/3 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes 1 habanero pepper, seeded & minced 1 (18 ounces) package yellow cake mix orange juice to replace the amount of water listed on cake mix package, minus 1/3 cup 3/4 cup cooked great northern beans, puréed 2 eggs 1/4 teaspoons almond extract 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds, raw or roasted Orange Frosting: 2 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted 3 tablespoons margarine 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon orange extract |
| Instructions: |
Preheat oven to 350?F.
To soften tomatoes, pour boiling water over tomatoes and let sit 5 minutes. Drain and chop. Spray a 9-inch x 13-inch cake pan with cooking spray and set aside. Put tomatoes and habanero pepper in orange juice and allow to sit while mixing other ingredients. Combine cake mix, beans, eggs and almond extract and beat for 2 minutes. Stir in juice/tomato/pepper mixture. Mix thoroughly. Fold in sunflower seeds and pour into prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Cake is done when a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on rack and frost with orange frosting after completely cooled. orange frosting: Diabetic Exchanges: |
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