Hummingbird Cake
published by Darla Cooke on Jul 1, 2009
Yummy dessert.
Image by Southern Foodways Alliance via Flickr
Ingredients
- 3 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
- 2 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 1/2 c. vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla flavoring
- 1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, undrained
- 2 c. chopped pecans, divided
- 2 c. chopped bananas
Method
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs and vegetable oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Mix in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup chopped pecans and bananas. Pour batter into 3 well greased and floured 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Let cool completely in cake pans.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 2 sticks margarine, softened
- 2 (1 lb) boxes confections sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla flavoring
Method
Combine cream cheese and margarine in a large mixing bowl, cream together until smooth. Add powdered sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Spread frosting between layers, on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle top of cake with 1 cup chopped pecans.
# 1 by Goodselfme
July 1st, 2009 at 9:53 am #
Good sounding recipe.TX
# 2 by Brenda Nelson
July 1st, 2009 at 10:39 am #
Yummy, and I am glad it didnt include humming birds, I have never heard of this kind of cake before
# 3 by StumbleUponWriter
July 1st, 2009 at 11:49 am #
Yummy indeed..
# 4 by Kate Smedley
July 1st, 2009 at 11:55 am #
Never heard of it! Sounds very tasty though.
# 5 by RAJEEV BHARGAVA
July 1st, 2009 at 12:17 pm #
same as kate. first i thought, “oh no, i hope it’s not a real humming bird” but this is a very tasty vegetarian cake dish.
# 6 by Tanya Wallace
July 1st, 2009 at 3:15 pm #
This sounds absolutely divine.I am definately going to try this.thanks for sharing
# 7 by deep blue
July 1st, 2009 at 4:34 pm #
Great recipe. Thanks for sharing.
# 8 by Joie Schmidt
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 am #
Sounds tasty!
Blessings.
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-Liane Schmidt.
# 9 by SweetpeepsLJ
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:53 am #
Can´t wait to try this out! Sounds yummy!
# 10 by Yovita Siswati
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 am #
hmmm….yummy…
# 11 by CutestPrincess
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:49 am #
yummy… i wanna try that …