Hummingbird Cake

3 c All purpose flour

1 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

2 c Sugar

1 ts Cinnamon

3 Eggs, beaten

3/4 c Vegetable oil

1 1/2 ts Vanilla

8 oz Crushed pineapple

1 c Pecans, chopped

1 3/4 c Bananas, mashed

Cream cheese frosting 1/2 c Pecans, chopped

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Add eggs and oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not beat. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup of pecans and bananas. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9 inch pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean, you know the routine by now. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove from pans and let cool on wire racks. Stir 1/2 cup of pecans in cream cheese frosting or reserve them for the top and the sides. Source: stolen form my SIL Typed by: Joan Mershon