Doctor Bird Cake

A wonderful tasty Jamaican treat, posted compliments of a member of Negril.com.

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2  cups white sugar
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  cups  ripe bananas, mashed
• 1  cup  corn oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3  eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, with juice
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
3. Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
4. Make a well in the flour mixture.
5. Add the mashed bananas, oil, vanilla, eggs and pineapple with juice.
6. Fold in the nuts.
7. Pour batter into prepared pan.
8. Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
9. Allow to cool completely on wire rack.