Hummingbird Cake

Surprise your family and friends with this delightful and easy-to-make cake. It's similar to a carrot cake, only bananas take the place of carrots! Pineapple and pecans are also on the ingredients list, and the cake has a yummy cream cheese icing. It's perfect for a special occasion - or anytime!!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 10-12

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
• 3  eggs
• 3⁄4 cup  Crisco cooking oil (vegetable or Canola)
• 2  ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup pecans, chopped
• 1  cup  crushed pineapple in juice

• CREAM CHEESE ICING

• 8  ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 4  cups icing sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped (for garnish)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Grease two 9-inch cake pans.
2. Beat sugar, egg,s oil, bananas, and vanilla until ingredients are well mixed. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and continue to beat until batter is well mixed.
3. Stir in pecans and pineapple by hand.
4. Divide batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling racks to cool completely before icing, about 30 minutes.
5. ICING: In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Slowly add icing sugar, first mixing on low speed, and then increase the speed to high. Beat untl light and fluffy. Add vanilla.
6. ASSEMBLY: Place 3/4 cup of icing on first layer of cake. Top with second layer and ice top and sides of cake. Sprinkle top with chopped pecans.