½ cup melted oleo or butter (Do not use any butter substitutes) 
2 cups sugar until fluffy
2 eggs and mix well 
1 teaspoon vanilla (if desired)
2 cups pinto beans; mashed and whipped till fluffy 
1 ¼ cups flour 
½ teaspoon baking powder 
1 teaspoon baking soda 
1 teaspoon cinnamon 
½ teaspoon allspice 
½ teaspoon cloves
½ cup chopped pecan or walnuts

Grease & flour 13 X 9 X 2 cake pan Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and pinto beans and mix well. Add remaining cake ingredients after sifting together. Bake in 350 oven for 50-60 minutes. Cake is done when you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean. Let cool. 
 
 

  Cream butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and milk. Beat with a mixer until smooth. Spread on cake after it has cooled. Sprinkle cake with coarsely chopped nuts if desired.