Best Hummingbird Cake
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¾ cup chopped pecans
- ¼ cup chopped black walnuts
- ⅔ cup mashed bananas
- cream cheese frosting as needed
- pecan halves for decorating
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Instructions
- Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
- Combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir in oil and beaten eggs until just moistened.
- Stir in vanilla, pineapple with juice, pecans, walnuts, and bananas.
- Spoon batter into the prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Let cakes cool in pans briefly before turning out onto racks to cool completely.
- Frost layers, top and sides of cake with your favorite cream cheese frosting. Decorate with pecans.
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