Hummingbird Cake

Recipe Ingredients

3 cups	187g / 6.6oz	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon
3		Eggs - beaten
3/4 cup	177ml	Vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Vanilla
8 oz	227g	Crushed pineapple
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Pecans - chopped
1 3/4 cups	414ml	Bananas - mashed
		Cream cheese frosting
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Pecans - chopped

Recipe Instructions

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Add eggs and oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not beat. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup of pecans and bananas. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9 inch pans.

Bake at 350F for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean, you know the routine by now. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove from pans and let cool on wire racks.

Stir 1/2 cup of pecans in cream cheese frosting or reserve them for the top and the sides.

Source:
Bess Davis (Mrs. Lee Davis-Uncle Jamie's Mother)

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