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Hummingbird Cake
Hummingbird Cake
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Course: Cake
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Hummingbird Cake
Prep Time: 6 hours hours 41 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- CAKE:
- 3 CUPS FLOUR
- 1 CUP WHITE GRANULATED SUGAR
- 3/4 CUP BROWN SUGAR
- 1 TSP BAKING SODA
- 2 TSP CINNAMON
- 1 1/4 CUP VEGETABLE OIL
- 3 EGGS
- 2 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
- 4 MEDIUM RIPE BANANAS
- 8 OZ CRUSHED PINEAPPLE WITH JUICE
- 1 CUP CHOPPED PECANS
- TOPPING:
- 14 OZ CAN SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK
- 1 CUP CRUSHED PINEAPPLES JUICE SQUEEZED OUT
- 1/2 TSP CINNAMON
- 1/4 CUP COOL WHIP OPTIONAL
- FROSTING
- 2 8 OZ PACKS OF CREAM CHEESE SOFTENED
- 1/2 CUP UNSALTED BUTTER SOFTENED
- 1 CUP POWDERED SUGAR
- 1 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
- 1/2 TSP CINNAMON
- 1/2 CUP FINELY CHOPPED PECANS
- OPTIONAL: 1 1/2 CUPS CHOPPED PECANS FOR TOPPING OF THE CAKE
Instructions
- PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 350 AND GREASE A 9×13 CASSEROLE BAKING PAN.
- COMBINE FLOUR, BOTH SUGARS, BAKING SODA, PECANS, AND CINNAMON ON A LARGE MIXING BOWL.
- IN A SEPARATE BOWL, WHISK TOGETHER OIL, EGGS, VANILLA EXTRACT, CRUSHED PINEAPPLE AND SMASHED BANANAS. WHISK UNTIL ALL COMBINED.
- POUR WET INGREDIENTS INTO THE DRY INGREDIENTS. MIX WITH A SPATULA UNTIL SMOOTHLY COMBINED.
- POUR CAKE BATTER INTO THE PREPARED BAKING PAN AND SPREAD IT EVENLY.
- BAKE FOR 40-45 MINUTES.
- LET THE CAKE COOL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. POKE HOLES ALL OVER THE CAKE (USE SOMETHING THAT IS ABOUT A PENCIL THICKNESS).
- IN A MIXING BOWL, WHISK SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK, PINEAPPLE, CINNAMON, AND COOL WHIP (IF USING) TOGETHER.
- EVENLY, POUR SWEET SAUCE MIXTURE ALL OVER THE CAKE. LET IT SEEP IN AND COOL COMPLETELY BEFORE FROSTING.
- FROSTING
- BEAT BUTTER AND CREAM CHEESE TOGETHER, ON MEDIUM-HIGH SPEED, UNTIL SMOOTH, 1-2 MINUTES. SCRAPE SIDES AND BOTTOM OF THE BOWL.
- LOWER THE SPEED TO LOW AND BEAT-IN POWDER SUGAR, CINNAMON, PECANS, AND VANILLA EXTRACT.
- TURN THE SPEED BACK UP TO MEDIUM-HIGH AND BEAT FOR ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES, UNTIL THE FROSTING IS LIGHT, SMOOTH AND FLUFFY.
- ONCE THE CAKE IS COOLED, EVENLY FROST THE CAKE ALL OVER.
- OPTIONAL: SPREAD CHOPPED PECANS ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE FROSTED CAKE.
- COVER AND KEEP THE CAKE REFRIGERATED WHEN NOT SERVING.
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