Hummingbird Cake

Recipe by Eleni McCallum
Servings

10

servings
Prep time

25

minutes
Cooking time

45

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 2 tsp baking powder

  • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon

  • 1 cup brown sugar

  • ¾ cup caster sugar

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 3 ripe bananas, mashed

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

  • ⅓ cup plant-based milk

  • ½ cup + 2 Tbsp vegetable oil

  • 1 can (227 g) crushed pineapple, drained

  • 1 cup chopped pecans

  • Icing
  • ½ cup vegan cream cheese, room temperature

  • ¼ cup vegan butter, room temperature

  • 2 cups icing sugar

  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
  • In a large bowl, combine the mashed bananas, vanilla extract, apple cider vinegar, plant-based
  • milk, and vegetable oil. Mix until well combined.
  • In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, brown
  • sugar, caster sugar, and salt. Mix well to combine the dry ingredients.
  • Add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients, and fold until just combined. Add the chopped pecans and drained crushed pineapple, and fold again until evenly distributed.
  • Pour the batter into a lined cake tin.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 35-45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely. While cooling, make the icing by beating together vegan butter,
  • vanilla and cream cheese until smooth then adding in the icing sugar and beating until combined. Once the cake is cool, top it with cream cheese icing

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