nutella/hummingbird cake
My Niece and Nephew in Florida love anything Nutella. They asked me to make a dessert just for them a little while ago, and this is what I came up with. I took a Hummingbird cake recipe and tweaked it to accomidate the Nutella tastes. This is a completely sweet and decadent dessert sure to please any southern sweet tooth!
method
Bake
Ingredients For nutella/hummingbird cake
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3 call purpose flour
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1/3 cspecial dark cocoa
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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2 csugar
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1 tspground cinnamon
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3large eggs, beaten
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3/4 cvegetable oil
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1 1/2 tspvanilla extract
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1(8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
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1 cchopped hazelnuts
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3mashed banana
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2 heaping Tbspnutella
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1 ctoasted hazelnuts
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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28 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
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216 ounce packages powdered sugar, sifted
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2 tspvanilla extract
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113 ounce jar nutella
How To Make nutella/hummingbird cake
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl, add eggs and oil stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. DO NO BEAT, Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup hazelnuts, bananas and 2 heaping Tablespoons Nutella.
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2Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9" round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 23 to 28 minutes, or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; run a knife around edges of all 3 pans and remove cakes. Cool completely on wire racks. When cake is cooled, make the frosting.
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3Cream butter, cream cheese, vanilla and 13 ounce jar of Nutella.
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4Gradually add powdered sugar, beating on low speed, until mixture is light and fluffy. Yield about 6 cups.
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5Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle toasted hazelnuts over the top of the cake. Enjoy!
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