Hummingbird Cake
Ingredients:
Cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups mashed bananas
- 1 ½ cups canola oil
- 1 cup chopped black walnuts
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 3 large eggs
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ pound butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
- Make cake: Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Combine bananas, oil, walnuts, pineapple, and eggs in another large bowl; mix well. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture until combined. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each pan comes out clean, about 1 hour. Allow cakes to cool on wire racks.
- Meanwhile, make frosting: Beat together confectioners’ sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Evenly spread frosting on the middle, sides, and top of cooled cake.
