Hummingbird Cake
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The hummingbird cake is a Southern cake of Jamaican origin prepared with banana, lemon, pineapple, coconut, vanilla, pecan and cream cheese.
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Ingredients
For the cake
- ⅞ cup caster sugar
- 5 eggs
- 2⅔ cup flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1½ cup heavy whipping cream (35% fat)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Juice of a freshly squeezed lemon
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon powder
- 3 oz. pecan
- 3 oz. ripe banana , cut into pieces (weighed after peeling)
- 3 oz. fresh pineapple , cut into pieces (weighed after peeling)
- butter (for the pans)
For the cream
- 25 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese
- 1⅓ cup icing sugar
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream (35% fat)
For the decoration
- 4 tablespoons roasted coconut powder
- pecans
Equipment
- Stand mixer
- 2 round cake pans (8 inch / 20 cm diameter)
- pastry bag
- Open star pastry tip (size #3 or# 4)
- Disposable cardboard circle (at least 8-inch / 20 cm diameter)
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Instructions
Cake
- Preheat convection oven to 350 F (170C).
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the whole eggs and sugar for 10 minutes or until the mixture doubles in volume.
- Meanwhile, chop the pecans.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the egg and sugar mixture with the help of a spatula. Then add the cinnamon, vanilla, fresh fruits, lemon juice and pecans.
- Beat the whipped cream (beat until soft but not too firm) and gently add it to the batter.
- Distribute the batter evenly in two buttered round cake pans lined with parchment paper.
- Smooth the top, preferably with an angled spatula.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
Cream
- With the help of a whisk, mix the heavy cream by adding the cream cheese gradually
- Add the icing sugar.
- Cover with a plastic wrap and set aside in the refrigerator.
Assembly
- Using a sharp knife, smooth out the top of the 2 cakes to obtain a flat surface.
- Place a first biscuit on the cardboard base.
- Using a spatula, spread a thin layer of cream, and repeat the process with the other cake.
- Cover the top and the edges of the cake with the cream completely.
- Using an angled spatula, decorate the sides to create a wavy texture. Spread roasted coconut all around the cake and all over the top.
- Using a pastry bag with an open star pastry tip, pipe the cream all around the top of the cake.
- Place pecans all around.
Notes
- The hummingbird cake can also be prepared as a 3-layer cake by preparing one cake (instead of 2) and cutting it into 3 equal size layers.
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