Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake

As we prepare to Easter this weekend, I wanted to share another old recipe with you. It is for Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake. If you have never had a Hummingbird Cake, you can think of it like an Italian Cream cake with bananas and pineapple.

This Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake is perfect for Easter. With the added fruit it tastes just like Spring. This recipe is a southern classic. And it is iced in a traditional Cream Cheese Icing.

Tips

Here are a few tips when making the Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake. First, do not over mix your batter. You want a tender cake. Make sure to use very ripe bananas. This will add so much flavor and sweetness to your cake.

Chop your nuts a uniformly as you can. You will see me using a Nut Chopper for mine. This glass and stainless-steel nut chopper is the best tool I have found to create uniform nut pieces. And it is so easy. I found mine in a small kitchen shop in VA last fall. Here is a link to the exact tool for Amazon. It is called the RSVP Vintage Inspired Nut Grinder.

Once your Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake layers have finished cooking, allow them to cool for 20 minutes before attempting to remove them from the pans. Once out of the pan freeze your layers for 30 minutes. This will make them easier to frost.

You can use a piping bag or zip-top bag to help evenly apply the icing. See my video for the entire process.

Other Spring Desserts

If you do not care for nuts or fruit in your cakes, try my Easter Almond Cake with Almond Buttercream Icing. it is such a deliciously tender cake. And if you add color to your icing like I did, it is very festive as well.

@atlarastable Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake #baking #easterdesserts #hummingbirdcake #oldrecipes #southerncooking ♬ Congratulations on Your Breakup – Hana Wilianto

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Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake

This Southern Classic brings all the flavors of Spring to the plate. With bananas, pineapple and pecans this is sure to be a hit.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Old_Fashioned Recipe, Southern Cake, Southern Cooking

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 45 minutes minutes

Servings 10

Ingredients

• Cake
• 3 c self-rising flour
• 2 c sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 c butter melted and cooled
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 8 oz crushed pineapple drained
• 1 c chopped pecans
• 3 ripe bananas mashed
• Icing
• 1 cup butter softened
• 2 8- oz packages cream cheese softened
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 ½ pound powdered sugar

Instructions

• Cake Instructions
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare three 9-inch pans by buttering and flouring them.
• Combine first 5 ingredients together in a large bowl. Whisk to incorporate.
• Mix eggs and cooled butter together. Then add to dry ingredients. Mix to incorporate. Do not over mix.
• Stir in vanilla, pecans, and banana. Divide between 3 pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Wait 20 minutes before removing cakes from pans. Allow to cool completely before Icing. Placing in freezer for 30
• minutes makes cake assembly much easier.
• Icing Instructions
• Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla and mix well.
• Start blending in powdered sugar until desired consistency is achieved.