How To Make Hummingbird Cake | Southern Living

Thanks to Mrs. L.H. Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina, this pineapple-banana-spice cake with cream cheese frosting became one of our most requested recipes. We still stand by Mrs. Wiggins' original, indulgent creation.

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[thebrokefoodie]

I bake banana bread once a month and wanted to do something different. I made this recipe today. My husband looked strait at me and said " I want this cake every moth instead "

[randmpersn]

15 year old here trying to give my mom a good birthday with no job 🤣
In the past months my parents have gone through a pretty bad divorce that I've kinda been expecting for a while. In pondering what the heck to get my mom for her birthday since I had no job and little time, I remembered that my father's mom always made her a humming bid cake for her birthday, after looking through our kitchen I realized I have the ingredients and all I need is a second cake pan. Hopefully this goes well and I don't mess up too bad so I can cook a big dinner too!!

[houseofgrace]

My grandma used to make this cake three times a year (Easter, Mother's Day and Christmas). It was the best smelling and tasting cake she ever made!

[mikefinney]

It's delicious. Very, very sweet. There's 4 cups of sugar, total, in it with the icing! Even without icing its still awesome. Trust me, you're gonna need a big cold glass of milk with this one.

[Fairland]

Yum!! It was served at my parents house along with a variety of cakes and pies after Church every Sunday with coffee and Ice tea. It was away for all our relatives to congratulate.

[tireballastserviceofflorid]

My Mother made this back in 78 and on. I remember the page cut out in her cook book. Along with a few dozen others from the same magazine.

[lisette]

i didn't use this exact recipe, the one I used called for 1 cup of sugar and I only put 1/2 cup and it came out delicious. The perfect amount of sweetness even without any frosting. I made mine as a loaf cake with no frosting, YALL... it was so good.

[angeliqueellis]

Ever since I saw this cake on the Oprah Winfrey Show years ago, I have insisted/requested that my mother make it for me every single year for my birthday; it's been my favorite cake/dessert every since then. YUM-MO!!!!

[chloeseven]

yours looks the best out of every single other one

[Sunset-jt]

i made this cake a few days ago so easy!! and so freakin delicious srsly ! i recommend doing this and I'm a beginner too!:D

[Kirkbrider]

I've never made a cake from scratch. Every thing was perfect and everyone loved it. The only improvement is when making the birds next just use parchment paper to mold it vs non stick wrap.

[shiromithuraiaiyah]

After seeing your recipe I have made it at least ten times. 😋 thank you for sharing

[CatherineKing-iulx]

I have made this in the past, but it has been a while. I am making this for Christmas this year and I added cinnamon and all spice to mine. We shall see how it turns out! 😅

[davidgaytan]

I made this last week and my teacher had me remake it for her husband, and I also have someone who wants me to remake it for them as well! this cake was very moist and delicious, thank you!

[duallinguallady-aishaahmed]

* Thank you for the upload.
Your presentation is 👍 nice, simple, precise, and well explained just like the original.
When I first made it, this recipe was advertised in a little clip to buy the celebrity recipe book 📖, which needless to say, sorry butt didn’t have the ability to do.
But anyway, it has been a hit in our family for a very long, long time.

However, it’s been such a long time since I’ve made one.

Since we’re not into too much sugar, I put 1 & 1/2 cup of sugar in my batter and we just skipped the icing altogether, I know, Icing is the best, but hey, what can I say, having the cake 🍰 was a treat and that’s a blessing! I am grateful! Praise the Almighty Lord!

If you don’t mind me asking, do you happen to have a good pancake 🥞 recipe?

[wendywong]

I baked this cake last weekend and is super YUMMY!!!

[drucillavance]

oh my, i Love southern living and the hummingbird cake i made from here is so dam good.

[sonidiageorge]

Viendo en 2019 y le pongo coco rayado for more Caribbean flavor yum 😋

[aracelyreyes]

Fabuloso!!., y muy delicioso!! Qué tiempos !!!WOW!!!

[bodyjewels]

I make this all the time using Pillsbury sugar free cake mix, and banana, pineapple, a tad of coconut flakes, I tad of lemon zest, then use sugar free cream cheese frosting. PERFECTION. And way less calorie and fat.