Hummingbird Cake
3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. salt
1tsp. soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 eggs beaten
1� cups salad oil
1� tsp. vanilla
1 (8oz.) can crushed pineapple undrained
2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
2 cups chopped bananas
Cream Cheese frosting.(recipe follows)
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl;
Add eggs,and salad oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not beat.
Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup chopped pecans, and bananas.
Spoon batter into 3 well- greased and floured 9 inch cakepans.
Bake at 350� for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely.Spread frosting between layers, and on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with 1 cup chopped pecans.Yield 1- 9 inch layer cake.
Frosting:
2 (8oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 cup butter,or margarine softened
2 lbs. powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
Combine cream cheese,and butter; Cream until smooth. Add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Yield: enough for a 3 layer cake.
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