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5 from 2 votes

Hummingbird Cake Recipe

Recipe slightly adapted from Southern Living

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 large eggs beaten
  • 11/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 2 cups chopped bananas
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 2 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 16-ounce package powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda
  • Add eggs and oil, stirring moistened
  • Stir in vanilla, pineapple, bananas, and 1 cup chopped pecans.
  • Pour batter into 3 well-greased 9-inch round cake pans
  • Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes our clean.
  • Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes
  • Remove from pans to cool completely on wire racks

For Frosting

  • Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth
  • Add powdered sugar and vanilla
  • When cake layers are cool, place on cake plate and frosting each layer.
  • Top cake with whole pecans in decorative fashion