Hummingbird Cake
This is an old fashioned recipe and a wonderful cake.
Servings: 1 cake
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups oil I used Canola
- 1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained
- 2 cups bananas mashed or about 3 large bananas
- 1 1/2 cups pecans chopped
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick butter or margarine or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons
- 3.5 cups confectionery sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
- Combine flour, sugar, soda, salt, cinnamon. Mix together with whisk. Add eggs, vanilla extract, oil, pineapple, bananas and pecans and mix with a spoon until all ingredients are wet.
- Spray 3 (9 inch) round cake pans or a 9 x 13 inch pan. Add batter and bake in preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes until cake is done in center.
- Frost with cream cheese frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting Directions
- Whip all frosting ingredients together with mixer until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Notes
You can make this in a 9X13 or a 3 layer cake. You may have to adjust your cooking time, but just watch for the center to be done.
I keep this cake in the fridge or a cool place.