HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

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Provided by Elaine Bovender @Elaine55

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 17

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- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 beaten eggs
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1-20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 cups chopped pecans, divided
- 2 cups chopped ripe bannanas
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 2-8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2 pounds confectioners sugar, sifted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- combine cream cheese and butter, cream until smooth. add powedered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. stir in vanilla. this recipe makes a lot of frosting. you may freeze leftover frosting to use later.

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9" round cake pans.
Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and vegetable oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. DO NOT BEAT! Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup chopped nuts and bannanas.
Spoon batter into prepared cake pans and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting between layers, top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup of nuts to decorate.