Recipe: Hummingbird Cake (Aka Tropical Dream Cake)

This may be one of the ones you lost. )
I've added some frostin's from my "Palate Pleasing Dietary Disaster File"
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE (aka Tropical Dream Cake)
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups Flour
2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
3 lg Eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups Vegetable Oil
2 tsp Vanilla
8oz can Crushed Pineapple, undrained.
3 med Bananas, chopped.
1 1/2 cups Walnuts or Pecans, chopped fine.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Pre-heat oven to 350
Prepare three - 9 inch cake pans by greasing, then dusting with flour.
In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
Add the eggs and oil, stir until well mixed.
Stir in the vanilla, pineapple, banana and nuts.
Spoon batter equally into the prepared cake pans.
Bake at 350 for 25 - 30 minutes.
Cool in pans on a rack.
Turn cakes out of the pans and frost.

ENJOY! j
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BANANA RUM FROSTING
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 Cup Butter Softened.
3 Cups Powdered Sugar.
1 Lg Banana (mashed)
1 Tsp Instant Coffee.
1 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract.
1 Tbs White Rum.
3-4 Tbs Whipping Cream or as needed.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cream the butter, powdered sugar, banana.
Add the coffee, vanilla, whipping cream and rum, whip until well blended.
Thin with additional whipping cream only if necessary until of a spreading concistency.
Spread all around the assembled cake, then on top.

ENJOY!
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BANANA RUM FILLING
INGREDIENTS:
5 Lg Ripe Bananas (mashed)
2 Cups Whipping Cream.
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar.
1/3 Cup White Rum.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Beat the bananas, whipping cream, powdered sugar and rum until fluffy.
Spread between the prepared cake layers evenly and stack if more than two.

ENJOY! j

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DREAMIE ORANGE COCONUT FROSTING
INGREDIENTS:
1 Cup Flaked or Shredded Coconut.
1/4 Cup Sugar
2 Tbs Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice.
1 Tbs Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice.
4 Tsp Orange Zest.
1 Cup Whipping Cream.

INSTRUCTIONS:
In a medium size bowl combine the coconut, sugar, juices and zest stirring until well blended.
Let Stand for a few minutes until sugar is completely dissolved.
Meanwhile whip the whipping cream.
When sugar is disssolved in the juice mixture, fold in the whipped cream.
Spread between cake layers and on the top and sides.
Refrigerate for an hour to chill and set.
Store uneaten portion in the refrigerater.

ENJOY!

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CONNIE'S CREAMY CHEEZY FROSTING
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 Cup Butter (melted)
6oz Pkg Cream Cheese (melted)
16oz Box Confectioner's Sugar.
2 Tsp Lemon Juice.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cream the butter and cheese together.
Add powdered sugar and lemon juice, beat until smooth.
Spread between the layers and on top of on the cake.
Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup walnuts.

ENJOY! cS

THAT'S ALL ENJOY!!! jimS