Hummingbird Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 c. vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple (undrained)
1 c. chopped pecans
1 3/4 c. mashed bananas
1/2 c. chopped pecans
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)

Preparation

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; add eggs and oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.
Do not beat.
Stir in vanilla, pineapple, pecans and bananas.
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 23 to 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove and let cool completely on wire racks.
Stir 1/2 cup pecans into Cream Cheese Frosting, if desired, or reserve them to sprinkle over top of frosted cake. Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.