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Becky Young's Hummingbird Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake:
2 3/4 cups self rising flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups oil
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 - 8 oz can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 cups chopped pecans
2 cups chopped bananas

Frosting:
2 - 8 oz packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup butter
2 boxes confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Cake:
Preheat oven to 350º. Combine dry ingredients. Add eggs and oil. Mix, but don't beat. Add vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup of the nuts, and all the bananas. Spoon into 3 or 4 greased and floured 9" pans or a 13 X 9 pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.

Frosting:
Combine cheese and butter. Cream until smooth, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Ice cake. Sprinkle with remaining pecans.

 

 

 

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