*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                            Hummingbird Cake

Recipe By     : Quick n Easy, Jun, 1997
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes                            Dessert

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  3      c             Flour
  2      c             Sugar
  1      ts            Salt
  1      ts            Baking soda
  1 1/4  ts            Cinnamon
  3                    Eggs -- beaten
  1 1/2  c             Vegetable oil
  2      ts            Vanilla
  8      oz            Can crushed pineapple -- undrained
  2      c             Banana -- chopped
  1 1/2  c             Pecans -- chopped
                       Frosting:
 16      oz            Cream cheese -- softened
  1      c             Butter -- softened
  2      lb            Powdered sugar
  2      ts            Vanilla
  1      c             Pecans -- chopped

To make cake, sift together flour, sugar, salt, soda, and cinnamon.
Add eggs and oil and stir. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, banana, and
pecans. Spoon batter into three well-greased and floured 9" cake
pans. Bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans on a rack for
10 minutes. Turn cake out of pans.

To make frosting, cream together cream cheese and butter until
smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing well. Stir in the vanilla.
Frost the cake between layers then the top and sides. If desired,
dredge the sides with chopped pecans and sprinkle pecans on top of
cake.


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