Tropical Delight Hummingbird Cake
"Found in Healthy Cooking magazine. The first change I made was not to frost this cake just to help with calories and fat content and instead I dusted it right before serving with some powdered sugar. The recipe uses applesauce in place of much of the oil and a smaller amount of sugar and walnuts in standard Hummingbird Cakes. These cakes are a very popular staple in Southern USA states. (I have included their take on a cream cheese frosting in the Directions only - in case you want to use that instead of the powdered sugar)."
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 3 -4 medium sized bananas, mashed to equal two cups
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed unsweetened pineapple, drained
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1⁄3 cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped
- confectioner's sugar (see recipe notes) (optional)
directions
- In a large bowl, beat the bananas, crushed & drained pineapple, applesauce, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
- Gradually beat the flour mixture into the creamed mixture until blended.
- Hand stir in the walnuts.
- Pour into a 15x10x1-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.
- Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick test comes out clean.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Before serving I dust each piece with a bit of sieved confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar). The original recipe called for a Cream Cheese Frosting. To make this: in a large bowl, beat 1 package (8 oz) of reduced fat cream cheese with 1/3 cup reduced fat butter until fluffy. Add 3 cups confectioner's sugar and 1 tsp vanilla and beat more until smooth. Spread this over the cake and sprinkle with an extra 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. If you use the frosting you will need to refrigerate this cake!
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