Hummingbird Cake

For many years, my husband and I had a slice of this cake with our coffee on Christmas morning. We would watch our children with their new found treasures, drink coffee and have "coffee cake" (we preferred it without any icing)It is the best!!

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Excellent recipe! In case anyone is interested, I made this with half apple sauce and half oil. I think if you like the heavy oily texture like a carrot cake, then stick with the oil. Surprisingly though, most tasters much preferred the lighter texture of applesauce. so there you go (^o^) thanks for posting bev!

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AMAZING! i halved the recipe to make 12 big cupcakes...halved the oil and used coconut replacing it with a 1/2 cup chopped banana & an additional 1tsp pumpkin pie spice. Frosting, i made with 1/2 the butter, and added lemon zest powder...TRUELY DIVINE, my husband cant get enough, and i saved some for me un iced so i can have them for breakfast...YUM, thank you forever!

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Always a crowd pleaser! Company always loves this cake and it's requested by my family all the time. It's moist and delicouse with or without the frosting.

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I had baked several different recipes of this cake without success (one was a bundt recipe). I didn't have three 9" pans, so I baked it as a 9x13 layer cake. It was so horrible, I threw it away. I bit the bullet and ordered a third layer pan and then proceeded to follow the directions exactly. It was absolutely delicious and turned out perfectly. The secret is the three layers-- they aren't so thick as to not get completely done. I made this last weekend and it was our "Goodbye to summer" cake for the Labor Day Weekend. Bev, thank you so much for posting the recipe!

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Always a hit at any gathering!

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I love this cake and have been making it for years. I do add a about 1/3 of a grated nutmeg to it.

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This cake has everything in a cake that I love! The cake was totally delicious, and was requested by my DH for his birthday cake. The frosting went really well with the cake and all in all, one of the best cakes I have ever made from scratch! I see us having this many more times over the years and plan to share the recipe with my family!

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Awesome moist cake that is deemed one of the best any of us have ever had! Nice and moist too!

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Great cake. Wonderful with vanilla ice cream. Thanks for posting, Bev.

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FAB-U-LOUS! My granny used to make this cake and this is it to a T! I made 2 cakes instead of 3. yum yum yum

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Looking for a birthday cake to make my brother in law and this one sounded so good I had to make it. Everyone wolfed it down and gave many compliments. It's a keeper!

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Growing up in the South, I have had this cake on several occasions and have always liked it. Yesterday, I made it for my husband and he said that it was delicious. My neighbors also liked it as well. It is easy to make and great topped with the cream cheese frosting. Thank you Bev for sharing this classic recipe.

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OMG, delish! I miss hummingbird cake from a local bakery in FL (moved away about 1 year ago) so I decided to give this a shot. It was perfect (as are all of the recipies I try from you)!!! Thanks!

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My sweet tooth has been kicking in lately and this cake was so delicious! I loved every last fattening bite :)

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I first came across hummingbird cake about 10 years ago, while in college. A friend served it at her recital. I remember that it was delicious! It did taste a lot like carrot cake. A few weeks ago, I got inspired to look for a recipe and found this one. I made it for myself as a birthday cake and it's wonderful! I've shared it with a couple friends, who raved about it. Perhaps I'll volunteer to provide a dessert at the next church function. :) It's a great recipe and I don't plan to wait another 10 years to make it!

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Simply wonderful! I made this tonight to take to my family reunion, I just know everyone will love it! I took a couple of liberties with it: For starters I have to travel a couple hundred miles with it, in a car, so a three layered cake was out of the question. I have nothing to carry it in for that long. So I made it in a 13x9 pan. Just as someone else said, it baked for a bout an hour. The cake is fairly dense, but extremely moist. Also, a full cup of oil sounded too much. I replaced half of that for applesauce. Next, I was more interested in the pineapple flavor, so I only chopped up one banana, it looked to be a little less than a cup. I then used 3/4 of a 20 oz can of pineapple. I substituted walnuts for the pecans. I also added a couple handfuls of shredded coconut. The final result is amazing. And the fact that all of that was actually easy, i wish I could give it more than 5 stars!

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I love this cake and have made it several times. Thank you so much for posting :)

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This has been a family favorite for years. The cake is moist and very flavorful!

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This was a wonderful ending to my Sunday Dinner....everyone raved about this cake.

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