Best Hummingbird Cake

This award-winning hummingbird cake with crushed pineapple and banana is a moist, fruity, layered cake finished with tangy cream cheese frosting.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 551 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.75 cup chopped pecans
• 1.25 cups vegetable oil
• 0.25 cup chopped black walnuts
• 0.66666668653488 cup mashed bananas
• cream cheese frosting
• pecan halves for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.

Step 2

Combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir in oil and beaten eggs until just moistened. Stir in vanilla, pineapple with juice, pecans, walnuts, and bananas.

Step 3

Spoon batter into the prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cakes cool in pans briefly before turning out onto racks to cool completely.

Step 4

Frost layers, top and sides of cake with your favorite cream cheese frosting. Decorate with pecans.