hummingbird cake. Jamie's hummingbird cake recipe is simply delicious; packed with banana, pineapple and topped with zesty cream cheese and a crunchy pecan brittle. Hummingbird Cake is a Southern classic! It's a spiced pineapple-banana cake topped with cream cheese frosting and pecans.

hummingbird cake A Southern gem, our classic Hummingbird Cake Recipe boasts three incredibly moist layers flavored with canned pineapple and bananas. This Hummingbird Cake is moist and flavorful with chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, and mashed bananas. It is frosted with a delicious cream cheese frosting. 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. It's 3 cup of all purpose flour.
  2. It's 2 cup of sugar.
  3. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
  4. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
  5. Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  6. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  7. It's 8 oz of can sliced pineapples, sliced thin.
  8. You need 2 cup of chopped ripe bananas.
  9. You need 8 oz of can sliced pineapples, drain & slice very thin.
  10. You need 1 cup of chopped pecans.
  11. It's 1 of cream cheese icing.
  12. It's 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
  13. It's 1 cup of veg oil.
  14. It's 3 large of eggs, beaten.
  15. You need 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. It's 1 of cream cheese icing.
  19. You need 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.

It's a tender, flavorful cake brimming with fresh pineapple, bananas, pecans, and spices and finished with luscious cream cheese frosting and coconut! Hummingbird Cake is a classic southern cake made with bananas, pineapple, and pecans and a cream cheese frosting. It is a very dense, sweet, and moist cake. This impressive hummingbird cake is my dad's favorite, so I always make it for his birthday.

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..

It makes a memorable dessert for any celebration and is lovely with a summer meal. Fun fact: Hummingbird cake is actually from Jamaica! It was originally called "Doctor Bird Cake," which is a nickname for a type of Jamaican hummingbird. People say the cake earned its name. Hummingbird Cake is a 'WOW' cake that never disappoints.