Recipe: Banana-Pineapple Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana-Pineapple Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings 10-12

CAKE:
3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chopped bananas (from about 3 bananas)
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice

FROSTING:
2 packages (8-ounce each) cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans

FOR CAKE:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter and flour tow 9-inch round cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Whisk first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Whisk in oil, eggs and vanilla. Stir in bananas, pecans and pineapple. Divide batter equally between prepared pans.

Bake equally between prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 10 minutes. Run knife around cake sides and turn out onto rack to cool completely.

FOR FROSTING:
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl to blend. Beat in sugar and vanilla.

Place 1 cake layer on plate. Spread 1-1/2 cups frosting over. Top with second cake layer.

Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle toasted pecans in border around top edge of cake.