Hummingbird Cake/Copied

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Use magazine recipe for hummingbird cake

Source: Susan's Aunt Ellen (from RecipeThing user beachy)

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves 16 people

Categories: Cake/Pies/Pastry

Ingredients

  • 3 c all purpose flour
  • 2 c granulated sugar
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 2 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 1/4 c. vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 t. vanilla extract
  • 1 can crushed pineapple, 8 oz, well drained
  • 1 c. pecans, chopped
  • 2 c. banana, firm ripe chopped
  • Frosting:
  • 16 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 c. butter, room temp
  • 2 lbs. confectioners' sugar
  • 2 t. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 c. pecans, chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.

  2. Sift flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon into mixing bowl several times.

  3. Add eggs and salad oil to the dry ingredients.

  4. Stir until ingredients are moistened.

  5. Stir in vanilla, pineapple and pecans.

  6. Stir in bananas.

  7. Spon the batter into prepared pans.

  8. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

  9. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn onto cooling rack.

  10. Cool completely before frosting.

  11. Frost tops of all three layers, stack then frost sides.

  12. Sprinkle evenly with pecans

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