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Hummingbird Cake on a green cake stand surrounded by bright pink flowers

Hummingbird Cake

Make 1 (9-inch) 3-layer cake
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ cups butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 6 large eggs
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup whole buttermilk
  • 2 cups mashed banana
  • 2 cups finely chopped pecans
  • 1 8.5-ounce can crushed pineapple, well drained
  • Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting recipe follows

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans.
  2. In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Gently stir in banana, pecans, and pineapple. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
  4. Spread Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting evenly between layers and on top and sides of cake.