Name: Hummingbird Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 360 g (12½ oz) plain flour; 250 ml (8½ fl oz) vegetable oil; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 400 g (14 oz) caster sugar; 3 large eggs, beaten; 1½ tsp vanilla extract; 2 bananas, chopped; 150 g (5½ oz) pecans, chopped; 225 g (8 oz) fresh pineapple, blitzed; Cream Cheese Frosting; finely grated zest of 1 orange; chopped pecans, to decorate

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

World's Best Cakes

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

About

This cake has long been a favourite at family gatherings and social occasions all over the Southern States of the USA. No-one really knows how the cake got its name but it has become the most requested recipe by readers of the famous Southern Living Magazine since it was first published in 1978. It is an incredibly rich cake and a small slice is all you need.