Hummingbird Cake

First off, I love the name of this cake. It's not something boring like "banana pineapple cake", even though that's what the cake is. Anyway, I had extra bananas and needed to do something with them. I found this recipe on Bake or Break. I made it and loved it.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup vegetable/canola oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 cups chopped bananas

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9X13 cake pan. Set aside.

Combine flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add eggs and oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, pecans, and bananas.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

After cooling, frost with cream cheese frosting. Garnish with pecans, if desired. Store in refrigerator.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Very yummy homemade frosting!!

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 16 ounces confectioners sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.