Hummingbird Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting (Hgtv)

I saw this recipe on HGTV about 10 years ago. It is very moist and delicious. The three layers make for an impressive bakery style cake.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• Cake

• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 2  cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3  eggs, beaten
• 3⁄4 cup  vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (8 ounce) can  crushed pineapple in juice
• 1  cup  chopped pecans
• 3  medium bananas, mashed

• Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 16  ounces powdered sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄8 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3  tablespoons  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Cake:.
2. Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
3. Fold in eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, pineapple with juice, pecans and bananas.
4. Blend well and divide into three nine-inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool cake thoroughly before frosting.
5. Frosting:.
6. Fold together butter and cream cheese.
7. Gradually add powdered sugar, then vanilla and lemon juice. Stir well.
8. Apply to all three cake layers. Stack layers and garnish with pecans.