2 1/2 c. sugar
3 sticks butter
3 eggs
3 c. plain flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. salt
6 ripe bananas, mashed
2 c. pecans or walnuts, chopped

Cream together sugar, butter and eggs; mix well. Sift flour and then measure out three cups; add soda and salt and sift again. Add flour mixture to butter mixture a little at a time letting your batter blend well between each addition. Add in bananas and nuts and mix well. Pour into well greased tube or Bundt pan and bake at 300°F for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.