Hummingbird Cake Recipes

Perfect for an afternoon tea ... or a light desert ...
Inspired from Hungry Girl Recipe ... no frosting!

makes 3 single 8 or 9 in cakes

Cake Batter:
1.5 cups chopped pecans
3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
4 large bananas, mashed
8 oz. crushed pineapple/don't drain
3/4 cup canola oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Glaze:
4 oz cream cheese softened
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp milk

This cake is one of the most requested desserts at Art Smith's Chicago restaurant, Table Fifty-Two

A southern treat trimmed down a bit. If in a hurry, this can be made quickly in a 9x13 dish or even as cupcakes, but is traditionally a 3 layer cake. I use whole wheat flour, but regular flour makes a lighter cake. I haven't tried using splenda in the cake, but that is an option if you want to try cutting the calorie/carb count down. Hope you like it!

Fruity low fat, low sugar, great tasting cake.

apple sauce instead of oil, splenda and truvia as sweetners

Hummingbird Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

A yummy cake that is sorta like a tropical banana bread with cream cheese frosting. It has been a family favorite longer than I have been alive.

This is a special treat cake I make for birthdays, etc. Uniced cake is 407 calories/slice (for 1/8 of cake).
Icing #1 is in the nutrition information at present - I can't get vegan cream cheese here, so I don't use that recipe (I make a cashew-nut based cream cheese-like frosting, which is not included in the prep time - if you want to use that, you will need to start it a day before you want to frost the cake).

I found this reciepe in my news paper. Since I love pineapples, banana and nuts I had to try it. You can also add some cream cheese glaze