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Hummingbird Cake


  • Author: Chocolate Covered Cheetah

Ingredients

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Cake

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

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 package cream cheese (8oz), softened
  • 1 stick butter (1/2 cup), softened
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, cinnamon)
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs
  4. Add eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla to dry ingredients and mix until just combined
  5. Fold in pineapple, bananas and pecans
  6. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8 inch cake pans
  7. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean
  8. Cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter on high until smooth
  2. Slowly add confectioners sugar until frosting thickens and forms a peak
  3. Add vanilla, mix until combined