Tropical Dream Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups bananas, very ripe and mashed
• 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 -3 tablespoons orange juice

Recipe

• 1 beat 2 cups of sugar and oil at the medium speed of an electric mixer for 2 minutes. add the eggs, one at a time, beating just until the yellow disappears. add the crushed pineapple and vanilla, beating just until blended.
• 2 combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir well. add to the oil mixture alternately with the mashed banana, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
• 3 pour the batter into a greased and floured 12-cup bundt pan. bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from the pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• 4 combine the powdered sugar and orange juice, adjusting the amount of orange juice to get the glaze you want. stir well. drizzle the glaze over the cake.