Hummingbird Cake

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I found this recipe in the Food Network magazine, and I made it for my mothers birthday. It was fabulous! Everyone loved it. Little to sweet for me. Next time I might make it like a bread with no icing. It will make a good version of a banana nut bread.

Okay so I re-made the cake and substituted pumkin for the pineapple. Wow what a cake; everyone liked it. I also put a little pumpkin spice in the frosting and took out the lemon and used vanilla instead for the icing. I like this one even better as does my family.

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I made this cake for the Thanksgiving holidays as a new recipe to add each year. My family absolutely loved it. I'm calling this one the cousin to the carrot cake....now its on my list of special event cakes..... try it, if you like carrot cakes then you'll love this wonderful Hummingbird Cake....

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I made this cake for my friends and family and it was such a big HIT!!!!!

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Fantastic cake. Like others suggested, I double the cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. I also use a mix of walnuts/pecans with good results. I usually toast an extra cup of nuts and then press them in to the icing on the sides of the cake and sprinkle clear/silver sanding sugar on the top - people have a hard time believing it's not from a bakery. I also use one stick of butter (not 1 1/2 in the icing and it's been fine.

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My daughter made this cake for my mom's birthday. It is spectacular.

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I made this cake last week for my family. They absolutely loved it. It was gone in one day. I used fat-free cream cheese for the frosting and had no problems with it at all. I also skipped out on the nuts. My family has been begging me to make the cake again but they asked for two cakes instead of one.

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I tried to be resourceful and make this cake on a budget since ground ginger is like $8 for a small jar and pecans are $6 for a small bag. So to simplify the process I bought a box of spice cake mix (which has ginger in it. I added the other ingredients in the cake and found a bag of candied pecans in the snack isle that worked great and were half the price. The cake turned out delicious. I did learn a valueable lesson on the frosting though. (1 Don't use fat free cream cheese (2 Don't let your butter get too soft. We ate this cake on Easter and we live in Southern California. We felt the earthquake that was in Mexico and started calling the cake the "Earthquake Cake" Since it looked a little jostled itself from the frosting being too runny. Rookie mistake I know but what ever I was trying to make it healthier. Oh and by the way I used the applesauce trick too instead of oil and again the cake was delicious. I will definitely be making this cake again.

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If I can compare the flavor of this it tastes similar to Banana Nut Bread. However, the only thing I noticed that even cooking it for least amount of time for the 50 min's was a few minutes too long. I brought it to Mother's Day gathering with family and still said it was delicious! YUM

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I made this for my mom for mother's day and she was very pleased. Although it is a bit time consuming, it is worth it. Will make again!

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My husband made this for me for Mother's Day... at my request!
He agreed it was a little time consuming.... but, he loved it, & and of course so did I. It is a "meaty" cake... great for breakfast, and disappears, FAST!! DOUBLE YUM!! It's a keeper!!