Southern Hummingbird Cake
It's southern dessert recipes at their best with this amazing fruit-packed cake. With the combination of pineapples, pecans, bananas and topped off with a cream cheese frosting, you'll fall in love with this Southern Hummingbird Cake.
Chilling Time2 hr
Cooking Time50 min
Ingredients
- 3 cup flour
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 can (8-ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- 2 cup bananas, chopped
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- --For Frosting:
- 8 ounce cream cheese
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup pecans, chopped (if desired)
Instructions
For Cake:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 9 inch pan, or three eight inch cake pans.
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Blend the dry ingredients, add the oil. Mix in the remaining ingredients.
- Bake 45 to 50 minutes, or until lightly browned at the edges. Let cake cool about 30 minutes.
For Frosting:
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Mix together the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, salt and vanilla (set the nuts aside). Spread the frosting on the cake, sprinkle nuts on top, if desired.
- Refrigerate the cake 2 hours before serving.