Hummingbird Cake with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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A fruit & nut packed cake that's super moist from mashed bananas, pineapple & coconuts while being perfectly sweet when paired with the Honey Cream Cheese frosting.
Serves: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 large bananas, mashed
  • ½ cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup light brown sugar
  • ½ cup shredded coconut
  • ⅓ cup crushed pineapple, drained
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened (1 brick)
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (1/2 stick)
  • 5 cups confectioner's sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350*.
  2. Line 2 cupcake tins with cupcake liners and set aside.
  3. In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon then set aside.
  4. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs and vanilla extract.
  5. Whisk in the mashed banana followed by both sugars.
  6. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and combine with a spatula or wooden spoon.
  7. Fold in the pineapple, coconut and pecans until fully combined.
  8. Evenly distribute the batter among the 24 cupcake liners.
  9. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
  10. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.
  11. To make the frosting, place the softened cream cheese and butter into an electric mixing bowl and cream together on high for 1-2 minute until fluffy.
  12. Add in the honey and mix on medium for up to 1 minute.
  13. Begin adding in the confectioner's sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing on high before each new addition.
  14. Once the cupcakes have cooled completely, frost the cupcakes by placing the frosting into a piping bag or spreading on top of the cupcakes with a spatula.
  15. Refrigerator the frosted cupcakes until serving.
  16. Allow the cupcakes to come to room temperature (20 minutes) before serving.
Recipe by Her Modern Kitchen at https://www.hermodernkitchen.com/hummingbird-cake/