A new found favourite!

Last Saturday we were invited round a friends for dinner and a few games.  We had a lovely night and were thoroughly well feed with lots of yummy goodies.  However, there was one yummy goody that has instantly become my favourite....Hummingbird cake.  If you've never tried it, you are missing out!!  It's so good I got the recipe and wanted to share it with all so that you can too enjoy it like me! :)



Hummingbird Cake

Butter for greasing
1 1/2 cups flour, plus more for dusting
1/2 cups pecans, chopped
1 1/2 bananas, chopped
1/4 cups pineapple, finely chopped
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Frosting:
1 8-oz package cream cheese, room temperature
6 tbsp butter, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tbsp lemon zest
1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Butter an 8-inch round cake pan and line with parchment paper. Butter parchment and dust with flour.

Spread pecans on a baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Cool slightly and roughly chop. Toss with bananas, pineapple and 1/2 cup flour.

Beat eggs and sugar on high for 5 minutes. Beat in oil. Sift in the rest of the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking soda and salt. Fold together. Fold in fruit mixture.

Transfer batter to cake pan. Bake 40-50 minutes, or till firm. Cool on rack 20 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely.


Make frosting - beat cream cheese till fluffy. Beat in butter. Sift in sugar and beat till smooth. Beat in lemon zest and vanilla. Spread frosting all over cake. Sprinkle with shredded coconut (optional).


And VOILA ~ one beautiful Hummingbird cake!


ENJOY!!!

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