Hummingbird Cake
Created by Luv2Kook on May 5, 2012
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #5323
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups oil (canola oil)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 can (8 ounce) crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup mashed banana
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
- FROSTING
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 pound confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Step 2: Grease and flour 2 (9 inch) round cake pans.
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Step 3: Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
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Step 4: In a large bowl combine the oil, eggs, pineapple, bananas and 1 cup of chopped pecans. Add flour mixture, and mix together by hand.
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Step 5: Pour batter, dividing between the two pans.
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Step 6: Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven, and cool on racks.
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Step 7: Prepare the frosting by blending together the cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
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Step 8: Frost cake, then sprinkle top of cake with 1/2 cup of pecans.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (310.1 g)
- Calories 1257.2
- Total Fat - 70.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 15 g
- Cholesterol - 108.6 mg
- Sodium - 674.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 153.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4 g
- Sugars - 110.5 g
- Protein - 10.1 g
- Calcium - 47.3 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 13.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg