Step 2 In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla until well combined.In a large bowl, whisk flour with baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Grease three 8" cake pans with cooking spray and line with parchment circles. Step 1 Make the cake: Preheat oven to 350°.If you'd like to make it more in advance, you can bake the cake layers, wrap them in plastic wrap, and freeze them for up to a couple months before frosting. The cake is nice and moist, so it should last for a few days in the fridge when well covered. If you're assembling the cake ahead of time, loosely wrap the cake in plastic wrap before refrigerating. Yes, because of the cream cheese frosting. Or sub in chopped dried fruit, like raisins. If you're allergic to nuts, you can skip them all together. Pecans are traditional, but walnuts would delicious, too.
People say the cake earned its name because it was sweet enough to attract hummingbirds. The recipe made its way to the States somewhere in the 1960s, when the Jamaican tourist board sent over press kits to promote tourism. If you've never had it, it's kinda like a cross between carrot cake and banana bread.įun fact: Hummingbird cake is actually from Jamaica! It was originally called "Doctor Bird Cake," which is a nickname for a type of Jamaican hummingbird. Although it's a classic Southern dessert, most people on the Delish team had never heard of this cake until it came time to develop a recipe.
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