Songbird Cake -- recipe

Alex Masters has given up prostitution, lives on the "right" side of town, 

has a respectable job and is about to launch a singing career on the side. 

While making a deposit for her employer at Bay City Central, 

 her past catches up with her in the time it takes 

a bank robber's bullet to pierce her arm.

 Songbird Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 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
• Cream Cheese Frosting 
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans 

Preparation

1. 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.
   
2. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
   
3. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake; sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped pecans on top. Store in refrigerator.