Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Hummingbird Bundt Cake

Had to work on my Birthday, so I made this Hummingbird Cake for the office.  Everyone loved it!
The recipe is from Southern Living, February, 2012




You can toast 1 1/2 cups of chopped pecans, or I just used chopped walnuts

Stir together:

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt

Stir in:
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 3/4 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 large)
1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, including juice
3/4 cup oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened

grease and flour bundt pan
sprinkle 1 cup of the nuts in the pan
spoon in the batter

bake at 350 for 1 hour, or until long wooden pick comes out clean

cool on wire rack (in pan) for 15 minutes
remove from pan and cool completely

Glaze:
in food processor (which I don't have, I used a mixer), process (or beat):
4 oz cream cheese
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 to 2 Tbsp milk

drizzle the glaze over cooled cake

I put the remaining 1/2 cup nuts in a sandwich bag
and used my rolling pin to crush them
then sprinkled them on top