Hummingbird Cake is a Southern staple with Jamaican roots

Published 7 months ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

Hummingbird Cake is one of those recipes I'd been curious about for a long time before I finally made it. Now it's a favorite.

What I didn't know until I dug into it: this cake actually originated in Jamaica before becoming a Southern staple. I feel so connected to the recipe, and it's so delicious. It reminds me of a really flavorful banana cake with crunchy pecans throughout.

Anyway. The cake. It's dense, moist, packed with banana, pineapple, and pecans, and finished with cream cheese frosting.

Hummingbird Cake Recipe

This recipe has a full-length video. Watch me make it from start to finish before you get going.

If you love this kind of cake, you might also want to check out:

👉🏾 Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - same dense, rich energy

👉🏾 Caribbean Rum Cake - since we're already in that territory.

Happy Baking,

Tanya Harris

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