A popular dessert down South, this old fashioned hummingbird cake recipe features two delicious banana and pineapple-flavored moist cake layers topped with a delicious cream cheese icing.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake
Ingredients
Hummingbird Cake
3/4cupunsalted butter, softened
3/4cupvegetable oil
1cuplight or dark brown sugar
1/2cupsugar
2large eggs, lightly beaten
3-4overripe bananas makes about 2 cups of mashed banana
1cancrushed pineapple8 ounces, do not drain
1tbspvanilla extract
3cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
1tspbaking powder
1tspground cinnamon
1tspsalt
1cupchopped pecans or any nuts you like
Cream Cheese Frosting
8ouncessoftened cream cheese
1cuppowdered sugar
1/2cupsoftened butter
1tspvanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F and lightly grease the sides and bottoms of two 8" or 9" pans.
Mix together the butter, oil, and sugar in a large bowl. If possible use an electric mixer. Beat that up until well combined. Add eggs in and mix well. Continue adding the following ingredients: bananas, crushed pineapple, and vanilla extract. Stir that up really well.
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened, 3/4 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup light or dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 large eggs, lightly beaten, 3-4 overripe bananas, 1 can crushed pineapple, 1 tbsp vanilla extract
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients. Use a spatula instead of a mixer for this step. Then fold in the pecans. Stir all of it until completely combined. However, make sure you don't over stir, just combine the ingredients and that's it.
Get your lightly greased cake pans ready and pour the batter into them. Put them in the preheated oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Use a toothpick to poke the middle and when it comes out clean they are done. Every oven is different so start checking at 25 to 30 minutes, especially if you are using 8-inch cake pans.
Allow to cool in the baking pans for 5 minutes and then while still warm, remove them onto a wire rack. You can jiggle them a bit to loosen them and flip. I tend to run a knife around the edges and then carefully flip them out onto a cooling rack to cool all the way through.
Cream Cheese Frosting
While the cake is cooling, prepare the icing. Mix the cream cheese icing ingredients together until smooth.
8 ounces softened cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Assembling the Hummingbird Cake
Place one layer of the cake on a serving dish. Top with the cream cheese frosting and spread evenly. Top with the second cake. Frost both the top and sides of the cake and serve.