Humming Bird Cake

3 cups Flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tlbs. cinnamon
3 beaten eggs
1 1/3 cups oil
2 Tlbs. vanilla
1 8 ounce can pinapple with juice
1 cup chopped nuts
2 bananas chopped (last)

Icing:
2 8 ounce pkgs. cream cheese (soft)
2 sticks butter
2 16 ounce pkgs. powered sugar
Juice of one lemon
(1/2 cup finely chopped nuts)

Combine dry ingredients, add eggs and oil, stir until moistened. Stir in vanilla, pineapple and nuts. Lastly, stir in bananas.

Grease and flour 3 nine inch cake pans. Bake until tooth pick comes out clean approximately
25 minutes.

Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool in freezer until ready to ice.

Icing:
Cream cheese and butter add powdered sugar and lemon juice until light. Ice cake frozen cake and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Good recipe.

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Humming Bird Cake

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp soda
1 cup vegetable oil
3 ripe bananas ~ diced
1 ~ 8 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup pecans, chopped
1tsp vanilla
3 eggs, beat in a small bowl before adding

In a medium bowl, mix first four ingredients together. Add oil, bananas, pineapple, pecans, vanilla and eggs. Mix by hand for 2 or 3 minutes. The batter will not be smooth.
Pour batter into a well greased bundt pan, or sprayed with non stick cooking spray.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Check doneness by inserting a tooth pick in the top of cake, if the tooth pick comes out clean, the cake is done. Cool, remove from pan. Enjoy.

Cream Cheese Glaze
8 ounces cream cheese
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon each, lemon and orange zest - finely minced
1 1/4 ~ 1 1/2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar
Glaze: soften cream cheese and cream with butter. Stir in lemon juice, vanilla and citrus zest. Fold in confectioner's sugar to make a soft, drippy glaze. Drizzle over cooled cake. Allow to set. Recover excess and glaze again.

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Bird Cake Humming Recipe

3 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 c. oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
8 oz. can crushed pineapple (drained)
3 eggs, beaten
1 c. pecans, chopped
2 c. bananas, mashed

Combine all dry ingredients, then add oil and beaten eggs. Do not beat too much. Add all remaining ingredients and stir until mixed. Pour into greased and floured layer cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. When cool ice with butter icing.

BUTTER ICING:

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. shortening
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
5 1/2 c. confectioner's sugar (4 c./1 lb.)
1/4 c. and 1 tbsp. milk

OPTIONAL: When cake is iced, take 1/2 cup crushed pecans and press lightly to sides of cake and sprinkle on top. Add sliced bananas on top of cake.

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