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Old Fashioned Hummingbird Cake
Prep Time
14
minutes
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Cook Time
30
minutes
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cooling time
30
minutes
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Total Time
1
hour
hr
14
minutes
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Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
16
servings
Ingredients
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3
cups
All-Purpose Flour
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2
cups
Granulated Sugar
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1
teaspoon
Baking Soda
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1
teaspoon
Baking Powder
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1
teaspoon
Salt
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1 ½
teaspoon
Ground Cinnamon
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3
Large Eggs
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1
cup
Vegetable Oil
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2
teaspoons
Vanilla
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8
oz
Crushed Pineapple
-
can, undrained
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3
Bananas
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ripe, mashed
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1
cup
Pecans
-
roasted
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Cream Cheese Frosting
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16
oz
Cream Cheese
-
room temperature
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1
Stick of Butter
-
room temperature
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3
cups
Powdered Sugar
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1 ½
teaspoons
Vanilla
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Spray (3) 9-inch cake pans with baking spray. Set to the side for later.
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powdered, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl cream together eggs, oil, vanilla, crushed pineapple, and mashed bananas.
Then pour the flour mixture into the wet and mix just until incorporated.
Evenly pour batter into 3 cake pans. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let cakes cool for about 25 minutes then remove from the pans and put on a cooling rack. Then let cakes cool completely before frosting.
Once cakes are cool frost the cakes.
Refrigerate the cake for up to 3 days.
Notes
Decorate:
Decorate the cake with icing, fruits, and nuts.
Line Pans:
Line the cake pans with parchment paper to make it easier to remove the cakes after they bake.
Cupcakes:
Easily make this recipe into cupcakes by making it in a cupcake tin.