Thursday, February 23, 2017

How To Make Classic Hummingbird Cake — Baking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Hummingbird cake tastes like it could be the love child of banana bread and pineapple upside-down cake. In this Southern classic, bananas and crushed pineapple moisten a spiced cake sweetened with brown sugar and studded with pecans, and then whole the cake is coated in perfect cream cheese icing and decorated with pineapple flowers. It sounds complex, but is actually one of those perfect everyday cakes — the kind that doesn’t require a mixer, can’t be overmixed, and stays moist and tender for days.

You can make it from pantry and fridge staples on everyday occasions, or dress it up for a celebration. Here’s how to make a classic hummingbird cake.

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