hummingbird cake
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Easy to make, moist and flavorful Southern cake with pecans, pineapple and bananas. This makes a big cake, so it's good for birthdays, pot lucks etc. Frost with a cream cheese frosting.
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yield
16 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For hummingbird cake
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3 cflour
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2 csugar
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1/2 tspsalt
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2 tspbaking soda
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1 tspground cinnamon (optional)
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3eggs, beaten
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1-1/4 coil
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1-1/2 tspvanilla
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1 can(8 ounces) crushed pineapple, well drained
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1 cchopped pecans
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2 cchopped firm ripe bananas
- FROSTING
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16 ozcream cheese, softened
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1 cbutter, at room temperature
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2 lbpowdered sugar, sifted
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2 tspvanilla
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1/2 - 1 cchopped pecans
How To Make hummingbird cake
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1Sift dry ingredients together. Add eggs and oil to the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon until moistened. Stir in vanilla, pineapple and 1 cup pecans. Stir in bananas.
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2Spoon the batter into 3 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn onto cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
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3Cream Cheese Frosting: Combine cream cheese and butter; cream until smooth. Add powdered sugar, beating with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.
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4Frost and sprinkle the top evenly with the pecans.
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