Hummingbird Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup oil
• 3/4 cup of chopped pecans

• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 5-6 bananas
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Frosting

• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. 1

   Add all the dry ingredients to a large bowl, sift them together 3 times.

2. 2

   Add pineapple, bananas (pinch the bananas off and mush with your fingers as you add it to the mix), nuts, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract.

3. 3

   Mix with very clean hands (do not use mixer). This will allow you to have a fluffy cake.

4. 4

   Pour the batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.

5. 5

   Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes.

6. 6

   Let cool and frost with cream cheese icing. Top with coconut flakes and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

7. 7

   For frosting, add ingredients in large bowl, mix together with mixer on low speed until creamy.

8. 8

   Coconut and chopped pecans will be sprinkled on top of icing.