Dessert -- Hummingbird Cake
3 cups plain flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 3 eggs Two thirds cup vegetable oil 2 tsp. vanilla 8 oz. can crushed pineapple Two thirds cup pecans, chopped 3 bananas, mashed Frosting 8 oz. cream cheese, softened One third cup butter 16 oz. confectioner's sugar 1 tsp. vanilla One half cup pecans, chopped Combine first 5 cake ingredients in a large bowl, add eggs and oil and mix, add vanilla, pineapple, nuts and bananas and mix well. Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans and bake for 25 - 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow cakes to cool completely before frosting. To prepare frosting, beat cream cheese and butter together, add sugar and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Spread between each layer of cake and along the top and sides. Sprinkle with chopped pecans The Skinny: Use low fat cream cheese, your favorite egg and sugar substitutes and an equal amount of apple sauce in place of the vegetable oil. Recipes: ArcaMax Chef 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not keep you ~Sugar -- Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore
