Black Bean Cake with Chocolate Maple Frosting

Cake:

1 can (15 ounces) organic black beans
1 can (15 ounces) organic butter beans
10 egg whites
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Frosting:

2 tubs (~28 ounces) firm tofu
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla
To make the cake combine your two cans of beans (we use Eden Organic beans because they do not use BPA in the can lining) in your food processor and blend until you have a smooth paste.  Add the remaining ingredients and continue to process for another minute so that everything is well blended.

Place in a lightly oiled spring form ban and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.

Let cool completely before frosting.

To assemble the frosting, place your two drained tubs of tofu into your food processor and blend until there are no lumps and you have a creamy soy paste.  Add your maple syrup, cocoa powder and vanilla and continue to whip for another minute or so.  Chill until ready to use.

The bean cake will be moist and dense when cooled and it will collapse a bit from when you took it out of the oven.  I like to use a serrated knife and carefully slice my cake into two thin layers.  Then I spread half of the tofu frosting in between and the remaining over the top and the sides.

Nutritional content calculated using http://caloriecount.about.com gives this an A- as an excellent and healthy food to consume.  With over 18 grams of protein and one third of your daily fiber a slice of this cake is better for you than most protien bars on the market today!

Serves 12.

I have made this,used honey not syrup. Made it for my dad and sis both have severe gluten allergies. It is simply amazing how good it tastes. The texture is just like cake. We served it for Easter with out telling anyone what it was. No one knew the difference. I made the frosting with 1 avocado in place of tofu. Its kinda disgusting looking when making it,but its very good!

Try it again sometime. If its done right it is really good

Made it again, for a 3rd time.
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I gotta say, as much as I wish this recipe made actual cake, it just doesn't. No matter what I do, it never seems to cook all the way through and the frosting always tastes like tofu. That being said, it's definitely decent-tasting but there's no way you're fooling people with this. If you serve this to non-health-obsessed people and they think it's regular cake, they probably have a tumor somewhere near their brain so... yeah might want to check up on that...