The Southern Living magazine always gets my mom’s attention when the latest issue arrives in the mailbox, especially the recipes inside. This one is in the current February issue. She succumbs to trying out desserts often and when she spied this Hummingbird Cake, an updated version done in a Bundt pan, well…you can imagine how hard it would be to turn this down.
Needless to say, I didn’t. It’s like banana bread with pineapple and cream cheese icing.
Not especially good for you, but boy, oh boy, was it good.
Do you see what I mean? Could you turn this down?
I didn’t think so.
Hummingbird Bundt Cake
We have always had some form of sweet stuff around our house. I get my sweet tooth honestly from my dad. His is voracious.
We ate the whole thing over the course of a few days.
And I’m sure another one will be under the silver dome before too long. I love my mama and her baking skills!
Hummingbird Bundt Cake
Cake Batter:
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 3/4 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 large)
1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple (do not drain)
3/4 cup canola oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Glaze:
4 oz. cream cheese, cubed & softened
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 to 2 TBL. milk
Hummingbird Bundt Cake Notes
- Prepare Cake Batter: Preheat oven to 350*. Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
- Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 4 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Sprinkle 1 cup toasted pecans into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan. Spoon batter over pecans.
- Bake at 350* for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
- Prepare Glaze: Process cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 TBL milk in a food processor until well blended. Add remaining 1 TBL. milk, 1 tsp. at a time, processing until smooth. Immediately pour glaze over cooled cake, and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup toasted pecans.
It’s a keeper, so let me know if you try it!
I announced the giveaway winners from last week in the previous post, so check back if you missed it!
Just made this cake and it smells so good. I’m giving it to a community fall festival. I hope they enjoy it. I’m going to make a second one for my family. I can’t wait for it to get done.
I wish there was an option to print this recipe. Soooooooo very many ads pop up and it’s really hard to screenshot.
I made this for hubby’s birthday – OUTSTANDING! It has now become his favorite cake, so moist and delicious. I baked the cake ahead of time and froze it whole. We were going on an RV trip and I needed to get a lot of food prepared ahead of time to take along. I thawed the cake a day before we left and frosted it. It turned out wonderful and travelled very well in a large cake taker – it’s a big cake.
I’m getting ready to make this again for an RV trip which will take in hubby’s birthday and a meet up lunch/visit with his brother/wife. My SIL has heard of this cake but never tasted it so I thought what a good time to take it along. It works so well for freezing and then thawing and frosting a day before needing it. I love how the pecans go into the bottom of the bundt pan instead of into the cake batter.
This cake is so moist and delicious, believe me when I say this is an outstanding recipe! It turns out perfect every time and the cream cheese frosting takes it right over the top.
This is a wonderful cake! Very moist and delicious . I make it every year when the humming birds come back to Pa. Usually around May 1st. Enjoy because it is a keeper!
I couldn’t help beut notice that the Hummingbird “Bundt” Cake pictured was baked in a regular Pound Cake pan. Since there is a difference in the volume 9of the 2 kinds of cake pans, sometimes there is also a difference in the recommended baking time.
Does it matter which pan we use?
Linda, I’m not sure it does make a difference. That was my mom’s pan and it worked find in there, but I would think the bundt pan would work very similar in baking time.
So you’ve never actually made it in a bundt pan?
My mom made this cake back then in her tube pan, but this recipe is for a Bundt cake pan, so I would use that to bake it.
My oven runs hot, so I burned the top of it. Should have checked it after 45 minutes. It was delicious though and will it again.
Ism not a big cake eater and actually prefer a good pie. However, I can never resist Hummingbird Cake. I have made this cake several times and actually use muffin tins rather than a cake pan. They make a really nice breakfast muffin.
Delilah, that is a lovely idea! Easier to share with others – we are only 2 so we don’t need a whole cake. Thank you!
I love this recipe but I call it my Banana Bread recipe and make no other recipe. Whenever I have overripe bananas I bake this and put a loaf in the freezer. I have smaller loaf pans that take about 1/2 the batter each and maybe a few cupcakes too. I leave out the cinnamon, I just like it better without. I sometimes put some sliced almonds on the top of the batter prior to baking for decoration since I don’t frost these.
I make this yearly for my husband’s birthday, it’s his favorite. We are getting ready to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary and he requested this cake. I made it several days ago and froze it. I’ll thaw it the day before our anniversary and frost it. I have frozen a number of them through the years and they freeze beautifully. It’s a wonderful cake!