Hummingbird Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 3/4 cup of chopped pecans
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 5 -6 bananas
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 add all the dry ingredients to a large bowl, sift them together 3 times.
• 2 add pineapple, bananas (pinch the bananas off and mush with your fingers as you add it to the mix), nuts, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract.
• 3 mix with very clean hands (do not use mixer). this will allow you to have a fluffy cake.
• 4 pour the batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
• 5 bake at 350°f for 40 minutes.
• 6 let cool and frost with cream cheese icing. top with coconut flakes and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
• 7 for frosting, add ingredients in large bowl, mix together with mixer on low speed until creamy.
• 8 coconut and chopped pecans will be sprinkled on top of icing.