HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

Hummingbird Cake image

Provided by Cooking to Perfecti

Categories Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 14-16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups finely chopped bananas
3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
1 -3 tablespoon milk

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350º.
Grease and flour 9 or 10-inch tube pan, or 3 9-inch layer cake pans.
Set aside.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon into a large bowl.
Add bananas, nuts, oil, eggs, vanilla, and pineapple, stirring by hand (do not use electric mixer).
Pour batter into prepared tube pan and bake for 70 minutes, or layer pans for 25-30 minutes.
Let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely on wrack.
While cake is cooling, mix cream cheese and butter until combined.
Stir in vanilla.
Gradually add powdered sugar, alternating with milk, until desired consistency is reached.
Frost on cooled cake.