Hummingbird Cake

By sherryl61

Ingredients

• Frosting:
• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1-8 oz. can crushed pineapple, well-drained
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 cups chopped firm ripe bananas
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 6 tbsp. room temperature butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 oound powdered sugar, sifted
• if needed, 1 tbsp. milk

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift dry cake ingredients together several times.

Add eggs and vegetable oil.

Fold in vanilla, pineapple, pecans and bananas.

Spoon into 3 well-greased and floured 9" round cake pans.

Bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan then onto cooling rack.

For frosting, cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla. Add powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add milk if necessary.

Frost tops and sides of all 3 cakes and assemble. Sprinkle top of cake with pecans.