Hummingbird Cake

Gentle, moist, superb clean hummingbird cake that makes a lovely spring and summer dessert. This version of a Hummingbird cake is so clean, it’s made into a poke cake and made more wet from a layer of candy, creamy sauce.

Do you know why i like making a Hummingbird cake? except the truth that it's miles a scrumptious mixture of banana, pineapple, and pecan flavors in a cake that is also topped with cream cheese frosting, this cake is terrific clean to make.

I DON’T need to take out my electric powered mixer to make this cake! adequate, adequate, you continue to have to use the mixer for the frosting, but simplest for the frosting. It’s nevertheless an easy-peasy, delicious dessert.

I’m severe approximately being excited about any dessert that doesn’t require me removing an electric mixer. I can be pretty lazy when it comes to baking. I recognize, it’s coming from someone who has like 30 cheesecake recipes at the web page. even though, maximum of my desserts aren't exactly -step-clean, I do revel in any dessert that makes it less difficult for me make.

Ah, sure, simply as I suspected, masses of arms. My husband is the first one to elevate his hand(s) (and feet) for banana cake. This Hummingbird cake is just the exceptional cake for all of you banana bread/cake fanatics. It’s loaded with bananas, pineapple, and pecans. I also made it more moist and flavorful by means of adding some smooth, pineapple flavored, candy sauce over the pinnacle.

Hummingbird Cake

This model of a Hummingbird cake is so clean, it is made right into a poke cake and made extra wet from a layer of candy, creamy sauce.

 Course Dessert

 Cuisine American

 Keyword cake, hummingbird cake, poke cake

 Prep Time 1 hour

 Cook Time 40 minutes

 Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes

 Servings 12 (9x13 sheet cake)

Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup white granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 4 medium ripe bananas
• 8 oz crushed pineapple with juice
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Topping:

• 1/4 cup COOL Whip optional
• 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup crushed pineapples juice squeezed out
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Frosting:

• 2 8 oz packs of cream cheese softened
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Optional: 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans for topping of the cake

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 casserole baking pan.
2. combine flour, each sugars, baking soda, pecans, and cinnamon on a massive mixing bowl.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk collectively oil, eggs, vanilla extract, overwhelmed pineapple and smashed bananas. Whisk till all mixed.
4. Pour moist ingredients into the dry substances. mix with a spatula till easily combined.
5. Pour cake batter into the organized baking pan and spread it flippantly.
6. Bake for forty-45 mins.
7. allow the cake cool for approximately 10 mins. Poke holes everywhere in the cake (use something that is approximately a pencil thickness).
8. In a blending bowl, whisk sweetened condensed milk, pineapple, cinnamon, and cool whip (if the usage of) together.
9. flippantly, pour candy sauce combination everywhere in the cake. permit it seep in and cool absolutely before frosting.

Frosting:

1. Beat butter and cream cheese together, on medium-excessive velocity, till clean, 1-2 mins. Scrape aspects and backside of the bowl.
2. decrease the rate to low and beat-in powder sugar, cinnamon, pecans, and vanilla extract.
3. flip the rate again up to medium-high and beat for about 3-4 mins, until the frosting is mild, smooth and fluffy.
4. once the cake is cooled, lightly frost the cake all over.
5. non-compulsory: spread chopped pecans all around the pinnacle of the frosted cake.
6. cover and hold the cake refrigerated when not serving.

Recipe Notes

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