Hummingbird Cake

[SaintHiρρo]

<img src="http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/recipe/l_R056595.jpg">
 
Makes 12 to 16 servings
Prep: 50 minutes
Bake: 35 minutes
Cool: 10 minutes
Stand: 10 minutes

Ingredients
1-1/2  cups sugar
1-1/2  cups all-purpose flour
1  teaspoon baking soda
1/4  teaspoon salt
1/4  teaspoon ground cinnamon
1  8-ounce can crushed pineapple (juice pack), drained
1/2  cup cooking oil
4   eggs, lightly beaten
1  teaspoon vanilla
1  cup chopped bananas
1  cup chunky-style applesauce
2/3  cup toasted, chopped walnuts

Cream Cheese Frosting (see recipe below)
1-1/2  cups toasted, chopped pecans 
2  tablespoons toasted, finely chopped pecans (optional)


Directions:
1. Grease and lightly flour two 9x1-1/2-inch round cake pans; set aside. 
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add drained pineapple, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. Stir in bananas, applesauce, and walnuts. Divide batter between prepared pans. 
3. Bake in a 350 degree F oven about 35 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cool cake layers on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool thoroughly on wire racks. 
4. Prepare the Cream Cheese Frosting; frost cake. Lightly press the 1-1/2 cups pecans into sides of cake. If you like, sprinkle the 2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans on top of cake. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Makes 12 to 16 servings. 


Cream Cheese Frosting: In a large mixing bowl, beat one 8-ounce package cream cheese (softened), 1/2 cup butter (softened) and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add 5 cups sifted powdered sugar, beating until smooth and of spreading consistency. Makes about 3-1/2 cups.

[nanners]

When do I add the Hummingbirds?? :)) :)))
j/k.it looks and sounds very good..
thanx..something new I can make for hubby :/\

[Tara]

OMG !!!  That cake looks so friggen good !!  I didn't even read what's in it. The picture looks good enough to eat !!  :/\

[Tara]

Lmao, ok I can't eat anything in that cake except eggs, vanilla, walnuts,  and the friggen frosting.

So I'm thinking, I could make the frosting and just eat it!

[nanners]

Nuttin better than cream cheese frosting...yum :pp <licking bowl?  :))

[Libra]

Nuttin better than cream cheese frosting...yum :pp <licking bowl?  :))

I love anything with cream cheese.  I'm with Tara, lets make up a batch and just eat the frosting!

[sierra]

cake looks awesome!!! who ever is makin it could u send me a piece?? lol ty for recipe

[TmT]

So you think your cake is better than the one I baked last Sunday...

Uh huh... I know where u got that idea bout postin that cake recipe....

Baby, u aint got nuthin on mine... nut--thannnnnnnnnnnng!!!...

I told Lady Cake I want cake recipes... I want one I havent done, turkey...

But lets have a bake off........... I take ya hummingbird cake and I see u 2 hummingbird cakes.... (I'll spank dat azz with mine) :;'

[Tara]

So you think your cake is better than the one I baked last Sunday...

Uh huh... I know where u got that idea bout postin that cake recipe....

Baby, u aint got nuthin on mine... nut--thannnnnnnnnnnng!!!...

I told Lady Cake I want cake recipes... I want one I havent done, turkey...

But lets have a bake off........... I take ya hummingbird cake and I see u 2 hummingbird cakes.... (I'll spank dat azz with mine) :;'

Did your cake look like that one?

[TmT]

So you think your cake is better than the one I baked last Sunday...

Uh huh... I know where u got that idea bout postin that cake recipe....

Baby, u aint got nuthin on mine... nut--thannnnnnnnnnnng!!!...

I told Lady Cake I want cake recipes... I want one I havent done, turkey...

But lets have a bake off........... I take ya hummingbird cake and I see u 2 hummingbird cakes.... (I'll spank dat azz with mine) :;'

Did your cake look like that one?

Uh... what one... rofl hard <fallin out chair lol>
Did I intimidate u Hippo... that u removed ya cake...

The one I baked, Tara... was something Martha Stewart woulda been beggin me to teach HER TO DO!!  (I have braggin rights)TM cuz it was jus that good!!

[SaintHiρρo]

So you think your cake is better than the one I baked last Sunday...

Uh huh... I know where u got that idea bout postin that cake recipe....

Baby, u aint got nuthin on mine... nut--thannnnnnnnnnnng!!!...

I told Lady Cake I want cake recipes... I want one I havent done, turkey...

But lets have a bake off........... I take ya hummingbird cake and I see u 2 hummingbird cakes.... (I'll spank dat azz with mine) :;'

Did your cake look like that one?

Uh... what one... rofl hard <fallin out chair lol>
Did I intimidate u Hippo... that u removed ya cake...

The one I baked, Tara... was something Martha Stewart woulda been beggin me to teach HER TO DO!!  (I have braggin rights)TM cuz it was jus that good!!

ROFL, the cake is still up there.

[TmT]

uh.. I dont see the pic.... I jus see the recipe

[SaintHiρρo]

uh.. I dont see the pic.... I jus see the recipe

<img src="http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/recipe/l_R056595.jpg"> See it now?

[TmT]

I'll have to reboot.. I dont see an image... brb....

[nanners]

I still see it and every time I look at it , it makes my sugar count go up..thanx St.H.!!. :))   j/k

[SaintHiρρo]

I still see it and every time I look at it , it makes my sugar count go up..thanx St.H.!!. :))   j/k

ROFL, ok BRB with the nut'l facts from the site I copied and paste that from...

[SaintHiρρo]

Ok, here ya go:

Nutrition facts per serving:
calories: 736
total fat: 40g
saturated fat: 12g
cholesterol: 114mg
sodium: 315mg
carbohydrate: 92g
fiber: 3g
protein: 8g
vitamin C: 7%
calcium: 5%
iron: 11%

[nanners]

well hot damn..slice me a slab of that cake..no where do I see sugar .. so looks like i'm good to go..
THANX ST H.. :/\

[TmT]

back... ok... I see ya lil betty crocker...easy bake... first grade.... special ed... box mix cake.... :))   :))

I have to teach you how to bake one that make an hippo'azz rock!

Make ya eyes roll to the back of ya head.... and ya mouth crave fo' more

Ya body hungers for another bite...

The fork u pick up each bite will scream how fortune it is to have some on top of it....

You're wanna smoke...but cant walk away from the cake...cuz its callin u... dont leave...dont leave.. u know u want me... u know u want mo' of me....

[SaintHiρρo]

ROFL, that's too funny. Most of my cakes are straight from a Betty Crocker box but every so often (and when I have a lot of free time), I will sit down, open up my cookbook (well, stuff I've copied, pasted, and printed from the internet) and decide to just give it the good 'ol college try. Sometime it's a hit, sometimes it's a miss but I have fun while trying.