Hummingbird Cake

Cake-

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 eggs - well beaten

1 ½ cup vegetable oil

1 ½ teaspoon vanilla

8 ounce can crushed pineapple-- undrained

2 cups chopped pecans

2 cups chopped bananas

Directions:

Combine dry ingredients in large mixing bowl, add eggs and oil.  Stir until moistened. Do not beat. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup pecans and bananas.  Spoon batter into 3 well greased and floured 9” cake pans. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350*. Cool in pans for 10 minutes.

Frosting-

Ingredients:

2 - 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened

1 cup softened butter

2 - 18-ounce packages powdered sugar

2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Frost cake and sprinkle with remaining cup of chopped pecans.