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. Butter, cream cheese, vanilla and sugar combine to make the most amazing frosting that pairs perfectly with the exotic flavours of the Hummingbird Cake.
Aka, the Hummingbird Bread of your dreams. I mean, who wouldn't be a fan?! Don't hold back on the homemade cream cheese frosting. 😍 It might just be my favorite thing about this whole quick bread recipe. 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
- It's 3 cups of all-purpose flour.
- You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- It's 2 cups of sugar.
- It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- You need 3 of eggs, beaten.
- You need 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
- It's 8 oz of canned crushed pineapple, undrained.
- You need 1 cup of chopped pecans.
- You need 1 3/4 cup of mashed bananas.
- It's 1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
- You need 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, softened.
- You need 8 oz of cream cheese, softened.
- It's 16 oz of powdered sugar.
- You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
I'll pretty much eat anything if it comes with cream cheese. Hummingbird Cake is a Southern classic! It's a spiced pineapple-banana cake topped with cream cheese frosting and pecans. Serve it for Easter or any family gathering.
Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting step by step
- 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..
This Southern layer cake features a crowd-pleasing combination of banana, pineapple, and coconut. The name's origin remains something of a mystery: Some say. A classic two layer banana, pineapple and pecan hummingbird cake with delicious cream cheese frosting - the perfect afternoon tea treat. Hummingbird cake is up there as one of my all-time favourite cake recipes. Cashew cream cheese frosting is a healthier, lighter alternative to the classic cream cheese frosting that usually comes with a hummingbird cake.