Pineapple, bananas, and coconut come together to form a moist bread that tastes tropical by nature.
Where Does Hummingbird Bread Come From?
Hummingbird Bread was a reinvention of the Jamaican dessert made for the morning or afternoon tea.
Credit: Carson Downing
What Is in Hummingbird Bread?
Overripe Banana:You want a brown and spotty banana that is easy to mash for this recipe.
Just like Banana Bread, the Hummingbird variation requires a soft banana.
Save some for topping at the end.
Chopped and Toasted Pecans:Give your bread a hearty flavor with toasted pecans.
If your family doesn’t do nuts in desserts, this can easily be omitted.
The coconut will add that little bit of crunch.
Bananas need to be brown and spotty, and the pineapple has to be crushed or pureed.
If your cake is too crumbly or light in texture, it wont hold up the layers and buttercream.
Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl stir together the first six ingredients (through allspice).
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
In a medium bowl combine the next six ingredients (through vanilla).
Add pineapple mixture all at once to flour mixture.
Stir just until moistened.
Fold in coconut and pecans.
Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan.
Bake about 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
Remove from pan; cool completely.
Pour over the cream cheese drizzle.
If desired, sprinkle with additional coconut and pecans.
In a small bowl combine cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Stir in powdered sugar and enough milk (about 1 Tbsp.)
to reach drizzling consistency.
If youre making this ahead, prepare both the cake and the drizzle separately.
Once layered, you might wrap the whole cake in cling paper and refrigerate it up to five days.
2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
