This was my Mama’s favorite cake. For her 75th birthday in Glenville, GA, (the largest producer of the vidalia onions). I made 4 cakes and had a surprise birthday party for her the day of the onion parade. All of the people who sat in their folding chairs on her lawn to watch the parade came inside to celebrate. I started making this cake when I was very young. I taught my two youngest grandchildren to make it.

HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

3 cups    self-rising flour
2 cups    sugar
1 tsp.    cinnamon
3         eggs, beaten
1½ cups    vegetable oil
2 cups    mashed bananas (5 or 6)
8 oz. can crushed pineapple
1 tsp.    vanilla
Heat oven to 350º. Mix dry ingredients together by hand. Add oil and beaten eggs. Stir just until moistened, then stir in mashed bananas, pineapple and vanilla.
Pour into three 8” or 9” round cake pans. Bake at 350º for 25 or 30 minutes.