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    Ingredients

    • 3 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 3 large eggs, beaten
    • 1 cup vegetable oil
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
    • 1 cup chopped pecans
    • 2 cups chopped bananas
    • Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; add eggs and oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not beat.)
    • Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup pecans, and bananas.
    • Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake; sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped pecans on top. Store in refrigerator.
    • Cream Cheese Icing
    • 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
    • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
    • 1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • Mexican Grilled Corn with Crema
    • 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
    • 6 ears of corn
    • cooking spray
    • 1/4 cup Crema Mexicana
    • Lime wedges
    • Annie's Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips
    • (I don't have a clue who Annie is, but she came up with a GREAT recipe!)
    • 2 kiwis, peeled and diced
    • 2 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
    • 8 ounces raspberries (I omitted, after 2 failed attempts at $3.99 a piece to purchase some that weren't molded)
    • 1 pound strawberries
    • 2 tablespoons white sugar
    • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
    • 3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor
    • 10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
    • butter flavored cooking spray
    • 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar

    Directions

    One (or three) For the Recipe Books

    Now I know why this cake is the most requested recipe in Southern Living magazine history…

    Don’t scoff- I too was a non-believer.

    But, as they say, seeing (or in this case tasting) is believing.

    This cake is the epitome of a “springtime in the south” recipe”. Pineapple, bananas, and the essential pecans are all present and accounted for. .. A delightfully decadent trio of taste, artfully aligned to enthrall and enrapture the lucky diner who partakes and indulges…A masterpiece of southern design…

    Are you drooling yet, my little Kitchen Witches?

    The Fab Family seems to be in the cycle of celebrations, and today we celebrated the safe return of our friend and soldier Richard Powell. He and his family are some of our dearest friends and we love getting together with them all anytime. Inspired by the season, I prepared a few different food recipes today that were completely new to us, that I had never tried before.

    Mexican Grilled Corn- Yummm-ee...and very simple to make. Mr. Wilson cooked on the grill, I added some seasoning, "Crema Mexicana", and we had a keeper, Witches.

    Keeping it simple- a Fruit Salsa. WOW...Can I just tell you that it was SO pretty, so tasty, and I even made the chips to go with it myself. The kitchen smelled fantastic!

    Now, about that cake...

    The recipe is a simple one, but the end result is something more. It not only looks, but tastes, like you spent hours baking. Sure to please- either for a family treat or to take along for picnics and covered dish parties- and become a treasured recipe of your own.

    Paired with a nice Riesling (Covey Run and J Lohr both make a fine one) it is perfect for a Sunday afternoon indulgence.

    Or Monday, or Tuesday…

    Bain sult as! (Enjoy!)

    Hummingbird Cake

    Mix first 7 ingredients, cover and chill. I chilled mine overnight and it only got BETTER.

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut tortilla with a pizza cutter, arrange in a single layer on baking sheet, spray pieces with PAM and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake 8-10 minutes. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

    Allow to cool and serve with salsa.

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