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Hummingbird Cake
Hummingbird cake is easy to make and super delicious! A spice cake packed with bananas, pineapple, and pecans and iced with cream cheese frosting.
👥 16 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 5m⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 35 min👤 Courtney📖 cakemehometonight
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
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Hummingbird Cake
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Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare cake pans using cooking spray and parchment circles.
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In a mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Whisk to combine and set aside.
all-purpose flour3 cupsbaking powder2 tspbaking soda1 tspsalt1 tspunsalted butter (room temperature)2 cups½ tsp salt
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In a large mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla, and whisk together until fully combined.
vegetable oil1 cupeggs (room temperature)3
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Add in mashed banana and pineapple and mix until well combined.
mashed banana (approximately 4-5 bananas)2 cups
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Add in the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula until the dry ingredients and wet ingredients are combined.
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Fold in the chopped pecans until well dispersed throughout the batter.
chopped pecans1 cup
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Divide batter evenly between your cake pans. Use a kitchen scale to ensure that the batter is equally divided.
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Bake cakes for approximately ⏱️ 30-35 minutes in the oven until the cakes spring back when gently touched or toothpick comes out clean. *Please note that baking times may be slightly different for different size pans.
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Remove cakes from the oven and allow them to cool in the pans on a wire rack for about ⏱️ 20 minutes. Remove the cake layers from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
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Cream Cheese Frosting
cream cheese (room temperature)8 oz
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In a mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, add room temperature butter and cream cheese. Whip on medium speed for ⏱️ 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally.
cream cheese (room temperature)8 oz
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Add half the powdered sugar and mix on low speed. Add the remaining half of powdered sugar. and continue to mix on low until combined.
powdered sugar7 cups
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Add salt and vanilla extract.
salt1 tspunsalted butter (room temperature)2 cups½ tsp saltvanilla extract1 tbsp
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Turn the mixer on high speed and whip for 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
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Assembling the Hummingbird Cake
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Level the cake layers with a serrated knife. Place one cake layer on a cake board or plate. Add desired amount of frosting to the top of the layer and spread evenly.
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Continue to repeat this process until the layers are stacked.
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Spread a very thin layer of frosting all over the cake (crumb coat). Chill your cake for ⏱️ 30 minutes until the cream cheese frosting is slightly firm to the touch.
cream cheese (room temperature)8 oz
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Frost and decorate the cake with the remaining cream cheese frosting. Add additional pecans if desired.
cream cheese (room temperature)8 ozchopped pecans1 cup
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