Hummingbird cake

Hummingbird cake is a banana-pineapple spice cake common in the Southern United States. Ingredients include flour, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, ripe banana, pineapple, cinnamon, pecans, vanilla extract, eggs, and leavening agent. It is often served with cream cheese frosting.[1][2][3]

Hummingbird cake
Alternative namesDoctor Bird cake
TypeCake
Place of originJamaica
Main ingredientsFlour, sugar, vegetable oil, Bananas, pineapples, pecans, vanilla, eggs, spices

History

Created on the island of Jamaica, hummingbird cake was named after the island's national bird, where it is also known as the Doctor Bird cake (Doctor Bird is another name for the island's national bird). In 1968, the Jamaica Tourist Board exported the recipe for hummingbird cake, along with other local Jamaican recipes, in media press kits sent to the USA. The marketing was aimed at American consumers to get them to come to the island. As printed in the March 29, 1979 issue of the Kingston Daily Gleaner (Jamaica), “Press kits presented included Jamaican menu modified for American kitchens, and featured recipes like the doctor bird cake, made from bananas.”

One of the first known publications of the recipe in US print, as written by L.H. Wiggins, was in the February 1978 issue of Southern Living. The cake won the Favorite Cake Award later that same year at the Kentucky State Fair.

It was selected Southern Living's favorite recipe in 1990 and was noted as the most requested recipe in the magazine's history.[4] The cake typically has two or three layers with pecans (or walnuts), mashed bananas, crushed pineapple and cream cheese frosting.


References
  1. Long, Anne (5 July 1979). "Old-fashioned pickle recipe uses cassia buds". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. Schaarsmith, Amy McConnell (1 June 2006). "Consider the cupcake: A plea to return to the joys of home baking". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  3. "Hummingbird Cake a Texas Treat". The Pittsburgh Press. 24 February 1991. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. "6 Ways with Hummingbird Cake". SouthernLiving.com. Southern Living. Retrieved 14 August 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.