Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 3 medium bananas, mashed
  • Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 16 ounces powdered sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons chopped pecans

Method

  • Cake:.
  • Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
  • Fold in eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, pineapple with juice, pecans and bananas.
  • Blend well and divide into three nine-inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool cake thoroughly before frosting.
  • Frosting:.
  • Fold together butter and cream cheese.
  • Gradually add powdered sugar, then vanilla and lemon juice. Stir well.
  • Apply to all three cake layers. Stack layers and garnish with pecans.