Another 1950S Picture Salad: Candle Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 bananas
lettuce
4 slices canned pineapple (or make rings from fresh pineapple)
4 orange gumdrops
4 ounces cream cheese (1/2 of 8 oz. pkg.)
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

Blend the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon together with a mixer. Reserve.
Peel bananas and cut in half crosswise. Remove the tips.
Divide the lettuce among 4 plates Place a pineapple ring in the center of each plate. Fill the center with reserved cream cheese mixture. Place a banana (pointed end up) upright in the center of pineapple ring. Top the banana with a gumdrop \"flame.\" Squeeze a little cream cheese m mixture onto the tip of each \"candle\" to represent wax.
NOTE: As an alternate to the cream cheese mixture above, mix two tablespoons mayonnaise and 1 tablespoon peanut butter. Pour over \"candle.\" Use a maraschino cherry for the \"flame\" instead of the gumdrop.