HUMMINGBIRD CAKE RECIPE
This Southern gem boasts three incredibly moist layers flavored with canned pineapple and bananas.
Provided by Pam Lolley
Categories Cakes
Time 2h15m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Prepare the Cake Layers: Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in a large bowl; add eggs and oil, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, bananas, and toasted pecans.
- Divide batter evenly among 3 well-greased (with shortening) and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
- Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Prepare the Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium-low speed until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Increase speed to medium-high, and beat until fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Assemble Cake: Place first cake layer on a serving platter; spread top with 1 cup of the frosting. Top with second layer, and spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with third layer, and spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Arrange pecan halves on top of cake in a circular pattern.
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: all purpose flour, nutmeg, ground ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, pecan, ripe bananas, granulated sugar, diced pineapple, canola oil, large eggs, cream cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, salt, powdered sugar, pecan
Provided by Frank Tiu
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease and line two 10-inch (25 cm) spring form pans with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and pecan. Whisk well.
- In a separate large bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Add the sugar, pineapple, oil, and eggs, and whisk until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in two additions. Whisk to combine.
- Divide the cake batter between the prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the middle of the cakes comes out clean.
- Make the frosting: In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the butter, vanilla, salt and salt and whisk to combine. Add the powdered sugar and stir until smooth.
- Release the cakes from the springform pans and remove the parchment paper.
- Add a dollop of frosting to the center of cake stand and line with parchment paper.
- Place a layer of Hummingbird Cake on the cake stand. Spread ⅓ of the frosting over the top of the cake. Top with the other cake layer and spread with another layer of frosting. Use the remaining frosting to cover the sides of the cake, then run a bench scraper around the sides to clean off excess frosting.
- Decorate the border of the cake with chopped pecans.
- Slice and serve.
- Enjoy!
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE
This super-simple tropical cake contains a hefty amount of mashed bananas and crushed pineapple. Often associated with the American South, where it is believed to have adopted a cream cheese frosting, it most likely originated in Jamaica, where it was called a Doctor Bird Cake. ("Doctor bird" is the nickname of Jamaica's national bird, the red-billed streamertail hummingbird.) Some say this cake is sweet enough to attract even hummingbirds, while others say the name derives from how bananas, a key ingredient in the cake, resemble the bird's beak. The end result tastes similar to banana bread, but with the moistness and flavor of a spice-filled carrot cake.
Provided by Vallery Lomas
Categories snack, cakes, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Prepare the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease three (9-inch) cake pans with nonstick baking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. In a second large bowl, whisk together the eggs, mashed bananas, sugars, oil and vanilla.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients to the center of the well. Gently fold using a rubber spatula to combine. Add the pineapple and pecans, and fold again until just incorporated.
- Divide the batter evenly among the cake pans. Bake until golden, cooked through and an inserted toothpick comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Move the cakes to a wire baking rack to cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Then, remove from the pans and allow to cool completely on the wire racks
- As cakes cool, make the cream cheese frosting: In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Mix on low speed until all the ingredients just come together. Then, increase the speed to medium and mix until creamy and smooth, about 5 minutes.
- Assemble the cake: Place the first layer of the cake top-side down onto a cake stand or plate. Spread the top with cream cheese frosting. Repeat with the second two layers, always placing the top side down to create a very flat surface. Frost the top and sides of the cake.
- Place whole toasted pecan halves around the rim of the cake. Garnish with the dried pineapple and edible flowers, as desired. Slice and serve.
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