Hummingbird Cake Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is a hummingbird cake made of? ›

If you're not familiar, hummingbird cake is a spiced pineapple-banana cake topped with cream cheese frosting and pecans. Maybe it's the pecans that lure me in or the way the taste fools me into thinking I might just be eating a fancy piece of banana bread with a little cream cheese. Good for you, right?

If the cake has custard, cream, cream cheese or fresh fruit it will last 1-2 days at most. If your cake has cream cheese frosting, we don't recommend this is kept at room temperature, refrigerate for 1-2 days at most and then allow to come up to room temperature before serving.

Room temperature ingredients: It is essential to use room temperature yogurt and eggs for fluffy Hummingbird Cake – or any cake! Room temperature ingredients whisk together more easily and are hard to overmix resulting in a softer, fluffier, more tender cake. Cold eggs result in a dry, denser cake.

The name is thought to come from the fact that the cake is sweet enough to attract hummingbirds seeking nectar. This dessert recipe comes from the Carribean country of Jamaica, originating in the 1960's. It's a banana cake similar to my traditional version, but with the addition of sweet pineapple and pecans.

An Elvis Presley cake is a single-layer classic yellow cake that's topped with a pineapple glaze. Much like a poke cake, the syrup and juices of the pineapple will seep into the cake through fork holes, resulting in a decadent, ultra-moist cake.

Should all cakes be refrigerated? A simple snack cake (like these Whole-Grain Pecan Blondies) or a quick bread (like our Banana-Chocolate-Walnut Bread) doesn't require refrigeration and will last 4 to 5 days at room temperature.

Nowadays fruitcakes are a holiday delicacy still prized for their long-lasting freshness. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, these seemingly indestructible pastries typically stay fresh for six months in the pantry and up to a year when refrigerated.

Wrap that cake up tight! Most cakes can be stored in a freezer for up to one month, or in the fridge for one week. Cakes are best sliced frozen for crisp edges, but for the best flavor, allow your leftover cake to hang at room temperature for thirty minutes to an hour before digging in.

If you are a fan of banana bread, you'll adore this cake! It's packed full of flavor and texture with pecans, coconut, and pineapple!

Baking powder is mixed with the flour. When water is added to this flour to make dough, baking powder undergoes a chemical reaction during which carbon dioxide gas is produced. This carbon dioxide gas gets trapped into the dough and bubbles out which causes the cake to rise making it soft and spongy.

What makes a cake more fluffy? ›

The most crucial tip? Instead of buying an entire box of cake flour, simply incorporate two tablespoons of cornstarch into 3 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour. This blocks the formation of gluten in the flour, which produces a lighter, fluffier cake.

The Aussies added the coconut topping, and christened it the Lumberjack Cake because it looked like it was littered with woodchips on top. Since the word “lumberjack” was first coined in Canada, it made sense that somewhere along the way, someone assumed the cake itself had its origins in Canada.

Another story tells of a dim sum chef's wife creating a pastry with wintermelon paste influenced by a recipe from her mother's family. The new pastry was found to taste better than the dim sums that were being sold in teahouses, and the chef proudly told everyone it was made by his wife, hence it was named "Wife Cake".

This has a layer of our Chocolate truffle cake and a layer of our sour cream pound cake covered and filled with our signature caramel icing. Delaine Brown.

Usually, a large, white tiered cake, decorated mostly in white frosting, is called the bride's cake, and a second flavor choice is called the "groom's cake".

Hummingbirds get their name from the humming sound their wings make when in flight or hovering – the noise is often compared to the sound of a bee or mosquito. A hummingbird can flap its wings up to 80 times a second, or as many as 200 times in a dive.

Hummingbird Cupcakes are filled with bananas, crushed pineapple, spices, and pecans — or walnuts if you're not in the South — and then topped with a cream cheese frosting. Most people say it's called “hummingbird” cake because everyone hums in happiness like the tiny bird when they eat it!

Mix the honey and sweet feed or oats together in a large bowl. When fully mixed, place the mixture on a plate and shape into the form of a birthday cake. Use the carrots as candles and the apple slices as decorations.