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The Best Ever Hummingbird Cupcake Recipe

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword hummingbird cupcake, hummingbird cupcake recipe

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 3 very ripe bananas
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple with juice
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans

For the frosting:

  • One 8 oz. package of cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup of butter softened
  • 1/4 cup of half and half
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups of powered sugar

Instructions

For the cake:

  1. In a mixer, with the whisk attachment, put in the bananas and whip until smashed. Add in the pineapple, eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla.
  2. Mix until combined. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Slowly add them to the wet mixture until all is combined. Lastly, add the pecans and mix one more time to combine
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Makes 36 cupcakes. Set them aside to cool and make your whipped cream cheese frosting.

For the frosting:

  1. Whip together the butter, cream cheese, half and half and vanilla, mix until incorporated, then whip on high for 2-3 minutes until mixture becomes fluffier.
  2. With the mixer on low, mix in the sugar, 1/2 cup at a time until incorporated.
  3. Whip again on high for 3-4 minutes, and the frosting will become airy and fluffy. Put in piping bag and frost the cupcakes (once cooled.)