Hummingbird Cake

Name: Hummingbird Cake
Prep time: 2 h 5 min
Cook time: 2 h 5 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 3 ripe bananas, chopped; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 454 grams packages cream cheese each), at room temperature; 3 larges eggs, at room temperature; 651 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 414 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 237 milliliters pecan pieces; 118 milliliters finely chopped fresh pineapple; 1 teaspoons salt; 12 servings Unsalted butter, for greasing; 12 Tbsps unsalted butter, cubed, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters vegetable oil

Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 687 calories, 8g of protein, and 38g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. If you have baking soda, eggs, pineapple, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans and line with parchment paper. Butter the parchment and dust with flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Oven

Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and bake until fragrant and toasted, about 8 minutes.

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Pecans

Spread

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool slightly, then roughly chop. Toss with the bananas, pineapple and 1/2 cup flour in a small bowl.

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Pineapple

Banana

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Whisk the remaining 2 1/4 cups flour, the cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Beat the eggs and granulated sugar in a separate bowl with a mixer on high speed until thick and light, 5 minutes. Gradually beat in the vegetable oil.

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Granulated Sugar

Vegetable Oil

Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Sprinkle the flour mixture over the egg mixture, then gently fold to make a thick batter. Fold in the pecan-fruit mixture, then transfer the batter to the prepared pans.

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All Purpose Flour

Fruit

Pecans

Egg

Bake until the cakes are firm and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pans on a rack, 25 minutes, then invert the cakes onto the rack to cool completely.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Make the frosting: Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl with a mixer until fluffy, then gradually beat in the butter until combined. Sift the confectioners' sugar over the cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar