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Hummingbird Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Easy Cake Recipe, High Altitude Baking, Holiday Cake, Holiday Dessert, Southern Cake Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 12 Pieces
Author Babbling With Brooke

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 2 Cups Mashed, Ripe Bananas (approximately three large bananas)
  • 1 8- Ounce Can Crushed, Pineapple drained
  • 1 2.25 Ounce Bag Pecan Chips
  • 3/4 Cup Shredded Coconut Flakes, sweetened

Icing

  • 2 8 -ounce packages Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1 1/2 Cup Salted Butter, softened
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/2 Pound Powdered Sugar, sifted

Instructions

Making the Cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease two 9-inch cake pans. 

  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. 

  3. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat vegetable oil, vanilla and sugar until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time adding the next egg after the previous egg is fully incorporated. Beat at medium speed until the batter is light yellow and fluffy. 

  4. In a separate bowl, mix together the mashed bananas, pineapples, pecan chips and coconut flakes. Add this to the egg mixture and stir to combine. Then add the flour mixture and stir until fully incorporated. 

  5. Divide the batter evenly between the two greased 9-inch cake rounds. Bake for 25-35 minutes, stopping halfway through to turn the cakes (this will occur approximately 12 minutes into baking). The cakes are done once a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. 

  6. When the cakes are finished allowed to cool for 15 minutes in the pans. Then transfer the cakes onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling completely. 

Making the Icing:

  1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, on low speed, mix together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla. Add the powdered sugar, and mix until smooth. The icing can go on the cake once the cake is completely cooled. 

  2. Spread the icing evenly over the bottom cake layer before placing the second layer on top. Finish icing the cake on all sides and on top. Store the cake in a cake storage container and place in the fridge. 

  3. Enjoy!