Hummingbird Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

Hummingbird Cake

Recipe By : Quick n Easy June 1997
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : All Newly Typed Not Shared Dessert

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
3 eggs -- beaten
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 can (8 oz.) crushed pineapple -- undrained
2 cups chopped banana
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Frosting:
2 packages (8 oz.) cream cheese -- softened
1 cup butter -- softened
2 pounds powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup pecans -- chopped

To make cake, sift together flour, sugar, salt, soda and cinnamon. Add eggs
and oil and stir. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, banana and pecans. Spoon
batter into three well-greased and floured 9 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 for
25-30 minutes. Cool in pans on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn cake out of
pans.

To make frosting, cream together cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing well. Stir in the vanilla. Frost the
cake between layers then the top and sides. If desired, dredge the sides
with chopped pecans and sprinkle pecans on top of cake.

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