Hummingbird Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    None None Melted butter, for greasing
    2/3 cup all-purpose flour
    1 2/3 cup sugar
    1 tsp ground cinnamon
    1/2 tsp baking powder
    3 None large eggs
    2/3 cup vegetable oil
    1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts
    3 None large, overripe bananas, mashed
    1 cup crushed pineapple (from a can, not drained)
    1/2 cup cream cheese, at room temperature
    2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Brush an 8-inch square cake pan with melted butter. Line base and sides with parchment.
    Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, and baking powder in a bowl. Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk lightly. Add eggs to flour along with oil, walnuts, bananas and pineapple. Stir until combined.
    Pour into prepared pan and smooth surface. Bake for 1 hour, or until a skewer comes out clean. Invert onto a wire rack and allow to cool.
    With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until pale. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Spread over cake.

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