Name: Hummingbird Cake
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For the cake; 3 eggs; 175g/6oz caster sugar; 250ml/9fl oz sunflower oil; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 100g/4oz pecan nuts, broken into pieces; 250g/9oz finely chopped fresh or canned pineapple, drained, 2 tbsp of juice reserved; 325g/11½oz plain flour; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 11/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp salt; 50g/2oz pecan nuts, for decoration (optional); For the cream cheese frosting; 200g/7oz full-fat cream cheese; 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, softened; 500g/1lb 2oz icing sugar; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

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