Art Smith's Hummingbird Cake Recipe
I had the pleasure to eat at Homecomin' in Disney Springs on my last Disney trip. I highly recommend you try & here is my review on the restaurant:
I am normally a HUGE chocolate dessert lover but I heard so much hype over this I had to try it! This is NOW my favorite Disney dessert so i HAD to make it at home!
This is super simple to make. I made a youtube video with step by step directions. Please subscribe to my youtube channel for more Disney recipes!: https://youtu.be/vsCKiyZQXMs
Servings: Serves 12
Ingredients
Cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chopped ripe bananas
- 1 cup drained crushed pineapple
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs , beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup (4 ounces) finely chopped pecans
Icing:
- 8 ounces cream cheese , at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter , at room temperature
- 1 pound confectioners' sugar (about 4 1/2 cups sifted)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
To make the cake, position racks in the center and bottom third of the oven and preheat to 350°. Lightly butter two 9" round cake pans, sprinkle evenly with flour and tap out the excess. (If you wish, butter the pans, line the bottoms with rounds of parchment paper, then flour the pans and tap out the excess.)
Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a bowl. In another bowl, stir or whisk the bananas, pineapple, oil, eggs and vanilla until combined. Do not use an electric mixer. Pour into the dry mixture and fold together with a large spatula just until smooth. Do not beat. Fold in the pecans. Spread evenly into the pans.
Bake until the cake springs back when pressed in the center, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer the cakes to wire racks and cool for 10 minutes. Invert the cakes onto the racks (remove the parchment paper now if using). Turn right side up and cool completely.
To make the icing: Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl until combined. On low speed, gradually beat in the sugar, then the vanilla, to make a smooth icing.
Place 1 cake layer, upside down on a serving platter. Spread with about 2/3 cup of the icing. Top with the second layer, right side up. Spread the reaming icing over the top and sides of the cake. The cake can be prepared up to 1 day ahead and stored, uncovered in the refrigerator. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a bowl. In another bowl, stir or whisk the bananas, pineapple, oil, eggs and vanilla until combined. Do not use an electric mixer. Pour into the dry mixture and fold together with a large spatula just until smooth. Do not beat. Fold in the pecans. Spread evenly into the pans.
Bake until the cake springs back when pressed in the center, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer the cakes to wire racks and cool for 10 minutes. Invert the cakes onto the racks (remove the parchment paper now if using). Turn right side up and cool completely.
To make the icing: Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl until combined. On low speed, gradually beat in the sugar, then the vanilla, to make a smooth icing.
Place 1 cake layer, upside down on a serving platter. Spread with about 2/3 cup of the icing. Top with the second layer, right side up. Spread the reaming icing over the top and sides of the cake. The cake can be prepared up to 1 day ahead and stored, uncovered in the refrigerator. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.
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Put first layer cake upside down on platter
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This is extremely easy to make. I would suggest reading through the whole recipe first because it has pretty specific directions. You will need to put your racks in center & lower third of your oven. You do NOT use a hand mixer when mixing together the cake ingredients. You will only use a hand mixer to make the frosting. My one tip would be to refrigerate this at least one hour to overnight before serving. I found it a little dry straight out of oven but when I put in fridge overnight it got really moist & wonderful!
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