The Perfect Hummingbird Cake Recipe
Inspired by the flavors of the Caribbean, hummingbird cake is a banana-pineapple spice cake with origins in Jamaica. The layers of the cake are as easy to make as banana bread and are smothered in layers of cream cheese frosting. Imagine your southern grandma daydreaming all day about being a swashbuckling pirate and then baking you a cake at night, and you have a pretty good idea of what Hummingbird Cake is all about.
- Servings: 12
Source: This Gal Cooks
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
- granulated sugar
- teaspoon salt
- teaspoon baking soda
- teaspoon ground cinnamon
- teaspoon allspice
- chopped pecans – toasted
- desiccated coconut – unsweetened
- large eggs, beaten
- vegetable oil
- teaspoons vanilla extract
- can crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
- chopped ripe bananas
- Vegetable shortening – For greasing the pans
- packages powdered sugar
- teaspoons fresh orange zest
- packages cream cheese, softened
- salted butter – softened
- teaspoons fresh squeezed orange juice
- pecan halves – toasted