hummingbird cake. Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina, we had no idea the cake would become our most popular and beloved Southern cake recipe ever. Without a doubt, the cake is a beauty with its three moist layers topped with cream cheese frosting and pecans; but it's the taste that really keeps us coming back. Hummingbird cake started life as a spice cake with banana and pineapple.

hummingbird cake This is a moist and rich treat! Top with third cake layer, and spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Arrange toasted pecan halves in a circular pattern over top of cake. You can cook hummingbird cake using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

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Ingredients of hummingbird cake

  1. Prepare 3 cup of all purpose flour.
  2. Prepare 2 cup of sugar.
  3. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
  4. You need 1 tsp of salt.
  5. It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  7. It's 8 oz of can sliced pineapples, sliced thin.
  8. It's 2 cup of chopped ripe bananas.
  9. It's 8 oz of can sliced pineapples, drain & slice very thin.
  10. It's 1 cup of chopped pecans.
  11. You need 1 of cream cheese icing.
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
  13. Prepare 1 cup of veg oil.
  14. It's 3 large of eggs, beaten.
  15. It's 2 cup of chopped ripe bananas.
  16. You need 8 oz of can sliced pineapples, drained & sliced very thin.
  17. You need 1 cup of chopped pecans.
  18. Prepare 1 of cream cheese icing.
  19. Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.

We gathered our best Hummingbird Cake recipes, all of which put a special spin on the sweet pineapple-banana-cream cheese combination. Despite its name, Hummingbird cake is not made from or for hummingbirds. It is a super moist, flavorful cake made from a simple recipe. Many speculate that the cake's name is due to its sweetness, but the origin of the cake still remains a mystery.

hummingbird cake step by step

  1. preheat oven at 350°.
  2. in large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon. mix together..
  3. after mixing your dry ingredients together add vanilla extract, veg oil, and beaten eggs. mix together until dry ingredients are moist..
  4. then, add your bananas, sliced pineapple, and chopped pecans. mix together thoroughly. do NOT use beaters..
  5. place mix in an 9 inch round cake pan. I end up using two, but you can use up to 3..
  6. place in the preheated oven for 25-30 mins or until top is golden brown and cake mix is cooked through. you can check by placing toothpick in the center of the cake, the toothpick will come out clean..
  7. once its done take it out of the oven and place somewhere for it to cool..
  8. after giving your cake time to cool. remove each cake from pan one by one placing cream cheese icing evenly on each layer. I make my own cream cheese icing by using 1-8oz box of cream cheese. 2-3 cups of powder sugar, and 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. mix together with beaters on med speed..
  9. last, you use the 1/2 cup chopped pecans for topping the cake..

The Best Hummingbird Cake Recipe you'll ever make, slathered with a light Cream Cheese Frosting. This twist on a classic homemade cake is filled with pineapple, bananas and cinnamon. Light, moist and beyond flavorful - it's a must make for Easter or Mothers Day! In a large bowl, beat the bananas, oil, eggs, pineapple and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon; gradually beat into banana mixture until blended.