Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird cake is a modern classic that showed up in community cookbooks in North Carolina in the early 70s, and achieved stardom after it was featured as a reader’s recipe in Southern Living magazine in 1978. It has been captivating people around the country ever since. Wonderfully rich and pretty in an understated way, it features delicious layers moistened by pineapple and bananas, and a yummy cream cheese frosting studded with pecans. It’s all the more impressive for the fact t