Name: Hummingbird Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 1 min
Total time: 1 h 16 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 2 cups of sugar; 1 teaspoon. salt; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon allspice; 3 large eggs, beaten; 1 1/2 cups canola or vegetable oil; 1 1/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract; 1 (8-ounce) can of crushed pineapple, with juice don't drain it; 2 cups very ripe bananas ( around 4 medium); 1 cup chopped pecans, walnuts, or hazelnuts; Frosting Ingredients:; 2 cups powdered sugar; 2 or 3 tablespoons milk or heavy cream; 4 ounces of butter; 4 ounces of cream cheese; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Hummingbird Cake is a dense moist delicious cake made from scratch with spices, banana pineapple in this amazing rich cake with crunchy pecans that make it irresistible.

Truly a vintage classic yet easy recipe for this cake, very popular in the Southern states.

The cake is lavished with cream cheese frosting which makes this irresistible in every bite.

Many prideful bakers enter their prized recipe for this hummingbird cake as the best during the Kentucky State Fair competitions and people enjoy being a judge taste tester for sure.

This cake is sweet and moist and the nuts give it that crunchy roasted perfect bite.

This is one of my favorite recipes when I need to use up at least 4 bananas that are overripe, this is the perfect solution!

More often you will see this cake displayed with three layers with several layers of pillowy soft cream cheese frosting.

I take the easy way out and either pour the mixture into a 13 x 9 sheet cake pan or bundt to save time.

Either way, the flavors are a wonderful blend of spice, banana, and pineapple enjoyed by all.

If you love banana recipes also try my Banana Streusel Bars and my Banana Oatmeal Cookies both family favorites.

Scroll down to my printable recipe card for both the easy delicious cake and frosting recipes.

this is a cake made from scratch that has banana, pineapple and spices in it called hummingbird cake

Easy Scratch Cakes

This cake is so easy, it just requires keeping the wet ingredients dry separately and just blending them together evenly.

I use the mixer just to get the bananas creamed with the sugar, oil, and pineapple blended then it's just a quick stir to moisten the flour evenly.

If you're looking for an easy scratch cake and not fond of baking, this will be your favorite cake recipe, it's super simple.

this is a banana cake with walnuts and cream cheese frosting on top

Ingredients You Will Need (scroll down to the recipe card for exact measurements

flour
sugar
eggs
bananas
pineapple crushed not drained
cooking spray oil
vegetable or canola oil
cinnamon
allspice
vanilla
baking soda
toasted pecans (pecans are called for in the original recipe, I prefer toasted walnuts)
butter for roasting the nuts in
For the Frosting:
cream cheese
powdered sugar
butter
milk
vanilla

this is the batter poured over nuts ready to bake in a aluminum pan called hummingbird cake

Tools You Will Need

electric beater
spatula
large 6-quart bowl
13 x 9 sized pan, bundt pan, or 3 - 9 inch layer cake pans
measuring cup
measuring spoons

Additional Suggestions:

orange or lemon zest
mandarin oranges instead of pineapple
coconut
raisins
macadamia nuts or almonds

this is a cake batter with bananas and pineapple in it

More Cake Recipes To Try:

Carrot Cake Mix Cake

Fresh Blueberry Cake Mix Cake

Texas Sheet Cake

this is a banana sheet cake with pineapple in it

A Few Baking Tips

The cake batter will be more than a 12-cup bundt pan and require another smaller pan for the excess batter
Bundt pan takes around 50 minutes to bake
If using 3 - 9inch pans for a layer cake baked for around 25 to 30 minutes
A 13 x 9 sheet cake took around 45 to 55 minutes

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Homemade and Delicious

If you're looking to use up banana's don't miss trying this cake it's really a deliciously moist cake and so simple the kids can help make it.

I love everything about the flavors, it's great any time of year and makes just a large cake that can feed a crowd with no problem.

The best part about the cake is that decadent cream cheese frosting on top it's truly addicting!