Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Hummingbird Cake ~ It's a Keeper!

Me: "I'm trying a new recipe this weekend, Doug. It's called hummingbird cake."
Doug: {looking a little shocked} "Hummingbird cake!?"
Me: "Yeah, but don't worry, dear. I'll chop 'em up really little..."
Last week, for the first time in my life, I heard about hummingbird cake. And then, I heard about it again on my friend Karen's blog - that was twice in one week!
 
{word art is from A Beautiful Mess photo app}

I had pinned the first cake I saw. It was a recipe from Bakerella and after reading through it I thought it sounded a lot like carrot cake, but with bananas, pineapple, and toasted pecans instead.

There were some ripe bananas left in my work kitchen at the end of last week, so those came home with me and made their way into hummingbird {cup}cakes to be brought back to work on Monday morning.


This is random, but I loved that the bananas in this recipe were chopped as opposed to mashed like you do for banana bread. Not only did they look better, but it gave the batter a little more chunk.



 
 
This cake recipe was a big hit {at home and at the office!},
and the frosting was really yummy too.
This one will be made again someday, for sure.
So, what about you?
Have you ever had hummingbird cake?

16 comments:

Cheri said...

sounds yummy

Fiona@staring at the sea said...

They look delicious! I've not heard of Hummingbird cake either and was expecting it to be a recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery. Thinking that you might have visited, during your recent trip to London Town.

Beverly said...

My whole life, it's a Southern thing :) Your cupcakes look yummy!

scrappyjacky said...

I'd never heard of it....but it looks delicious.

Sian said...

Looks delicious. No, I have never tried Hummungbird cake. But I'm prepared to remedy that!

Ruth said...

In a word, no. And bananas and I don't mix, so I would have to pass.

debs14 said...

I have a recipe book from the Hummingbird Bakery and the cakes in it are devine! Yours look fabulous!

Rhona said...

This sounds yummy, thanks for the link to the recipe :-) xx

alexa said...

I nearly choked on reading your first few lines! No, this is new to me but it looks just delicious ... I bet you had lots of happy office bunnies!

Maria Ontiveros said...

No, never tried them, but maybe this summer!
Rinda

Susan said...

Oh my goodness - MY MOM who is in Heaven loved hummingbirds and always had them at her feeders! She had to fill her feeders, as many as 5 of them, three times a day because the hummingbirds emptied them. I MUST make this cake/cupcakes to honor my mom - thanks so much! xoxoxo

Amy said...

I've eaten Hummingbird cake but never made it - all the chopping put me off! I might give it a go if it has the Deb seal of approval!

Becky said...

Yep! Penny has made it and it is lovely! Good idea to make it as cupcakes - might have to get her to do that!

Abi said...

Oh that sounds so nice! I have never had it before but now want some very much!

Candace said...

Funny...I just heard of it a couple weeks ago when one of my friends mentioned that a co-worker made it for someone in the office. She said that it took a long time to crack all those little hummingbird eggs.

Karen said...

I've been catching up this morning with your blog, and enjoying all your posts. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed trying to catch up with everyone after such a long time away from the computer, so I'm not leaving comments on all the posts, but wanted to say I'll be comparing your recipe with the one I used. We were a bit lukewarm about the cupcakes I made, but I used a recipe where the recipe had been "slimmed down," so that might have been the problem.

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