Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. This hummingbird cake is always a hit with families or for any celebration. It's a moist cake flavored with cinnamon, pineapple, pecans, and bananas and topped with a cream cheese frosting. Let cool and frost with cream cheese icing.
The final touch for my Hummingbird Cake is a sprinkling of pecan cookie crumbs. Combine cream cheese and butter; cream until smooth. Add powdered sugar, beating with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. You can have Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- You need 3 cups of all-purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 2 cups of sugar.
- It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 3 of eggs, beaten.
- It's 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It's 8 oz of canned crushed pineapple, undrained.
- Prepare 1 cup of chopped pecans.
- It's 1 3/4 cup of mashed bananas.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, softened.
- You need 8 oz of cream cheese, softened.
- Prepare 16 oz of powdered sugar.
- It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
Hummingbird cake is like banana cake's more interesting cousin! This cake has a unique combination of banana, pineapple, coconut and spices, making it the perfect summer dessert. When it comes to frosting a hummingbird cake, a rich cream cheese frosting is the only way to go! Mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting instructions
- Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Add eggs & oil. Stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not beat. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup pecans, & bananas..
- Pour into greased 13x9 pan. Bake in 350 degrees oven for 38 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Can put in 3 greased & floured 9 inch cake pans, but only bake for 23-28 minutes..
- Let cool completely before frosting..
- For frosting: cream butter & cream cheese together. Gradually add powdered sugar. Beat until light & fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Spread over top of cake. If doing layers, spread between layers, up sides, & over top..
- Sprinkle top with 1/2 cup chopped pecans..
Fold in eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, pineapple with juice, pecans and bananas. Blend well and divide into three nine-inch cake pans. Fold together butter and cream cheese. This hummingbird cake is a perfect Easter dessert to serve to your family and friends! Two spiced cake layers made with pecans, bananas, and crushed pineapple.