Hummingbird Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (no need to sift it)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs (extra large)
- 1 cup mild vegetable oil (e.g., corn oil or canola oil)
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained (about 1 cup)
- 1 1⁄2 cups coarsely chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts, about 4-6 ounces)
- 2 large bananas, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 8 tablespoons butter, softened (margarine can be substituted)
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (1 lb) package powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 1 (10-inch) bundt pan, 2 (8x4x2-inch) loaf pans, or 3 (8 inch) layer cake pans. Set aside.
- Using wire whisk, stir together dry ingredients to simulate sifting. Set aside.
- Break eggs into large mixing bowl. Beat until thick and lemon-colored.
- Add all other cake ingredients (oil, pineapple, nuts, banana, and vanilla) Mix well.
- Gently stir in reserved flour mixture. Mix only until lumps are gone and dry ingredients are moistened.
- Pour into greased and floured pan(s).
- Place pan(s) on center shelf of oven.
- Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean (about 1 hour for bundt pan, 50 minutes for loaf pans, or 25-30 minutes for layer cake pans).
- Place pan(s) on wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Invert cake onto rack and allow to cool completely.
- For frosting, blend together the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
- Frost top of cake with cream cheese frosting.
- This freezes well.
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Reviews
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This is a WONDERFUL cake ~ I had this recipe 20 years ago and lost it ~ but luckily found it again here at RecipeZaar. I cut the oil by half and used 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce to the recipe. This cake has a mellow tropical flavor and is very moist and the cream cheese frosting finishes it perfectly ~ I added some of the left over pineapple juice to increase the tropical flavor. Thanks dojemi ~ made for MY 3 CHEFS, November 2009!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
dojemi
United States