Hummingbird Cake

Cake Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla
8 oz. can crushed pineapple
2/3 cup pecans, chopped
3 bananas, mashed

Icing Ingredients:

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup butter, softened
16 oz. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Combine first 5 cake ingredients in a large bowl, then add eggs and oil and mix. Add vanilla, pineapple, nuts, and bananas and mix well. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow cakes to cool completeley before frosting. To prepare frosting, beat cream cheese and butter together. Add sugar and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Spread between each layer of cake and along the top and sides. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.

Enjoy!

(This was my favorite cake when I was a little girl)