Hummingbird Bundt Cake Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why is my hummingbird cake dry? ›

Extra sugar or leavening will cause a cake to fall; too much flour makes it dry.

All Nothing Bundt Cakes products are baked fresh daily on-site. “We use all real ingredients, such as in our real butter and cream cheese frosting. It's not icing and you can taste the difference,” Jannette said.

You want to take care not to accidentally over-mix the batter or the cake could end up dense and dry, or even rubbery (like over-mixed banana pancakes). Bake. Make sure to thoroughly grease and flour your cake tins or use a baking spray (make sure it's one that contains flour).

The name is thought to come from the fact that the cake is sweet enough to attract hummingbirds seeking nectar. This dessert recipe comes from the Carribean country of Jamaica, originating in the 1960's. It's a banana cake similar to my traditional version, but with the addition of sweet pineapple and pecans.

One way to do this is to brush the cake with a simple syrup made of equal parts sugar and water. Another way is to poke holes in the cake and pour a mixture of sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk over it. You can also add a layer of frosting or whipped cream to the cake to add moisture.

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Our cakes are best enjoyed at room temperature, so be sure to take them out of the fridge 2-3 hours before serving. They can stay unrefrigerated for up to 48 hours. If you still have cake left, it's time to either dive in and finish that yummy cake or refrigerate it.

Our Bundt Cakes are handcrafted in every bakery in a variety of delicious flavors and sizes. To top it all off, our bakeries offer a wide selection of retail items, including party supplies, décor and gifts, making Nothing Bundt Cakes the perfect one-stop celebration shop.

FLAVOR AND TEXTURE

This Southern classic Hummingbird Cake tastes like a tropical cross between banana bread and pineapple-upside down cake with a texture reminiscent of carrot cake with bursts of pineapple and pecans– sans carrots.

Why does my hummingbird food turn milky? ›

If the nectar becomes cloudy before you even put the feeder out, it may just be air bubbles in the water. Let it sit on the counter for 15 minutes. If it is air in the water, the cloudiness will clear up by then. The cloudiness also could be caused by the sugar not dissolving.

A blend of these two ingredients gives the cake the best possible flavor and texture. Butter provides flavor while oil adds moisture and keeps it from being too dry. A cake made with all oil would be moist but lacking in flavor, and an all-butter cake may have a more buttery taste, but would be more dry.

Another story tells of a dim sum chef's wife creating a pastry with wintermelon paste influenced by a recipe from her mother's family. The new pastry was found to taste better than the dim sums that were being sold in teahouses, and the chef proudly told everyone it was made by his wife, hence it was named "Wife Cake".

Before it's served, you'll add a layer of cream cheese frosting and sprinkle candied pecans on top for some crunch. Internet lore would have you believe this pineapple-topped concoction was Elvis Presley's favorite cake, that he even asked his grandmother to make it for him as a kid.

chocolate biscuit cake from the British royal kitchen

Chocolate biscuit cake is Queen Elizabeth's favorite cake ~ she would take a small slice every day with her tea, until the cake was finished, and then she'd start on a fresh one!

A dry cake is usually the result of one of the following pitfalls: using the wrong ingredients, making mistakes while measuring or mixing the batter, or baking the cake too long or at too high a temperature. Once you understand which common cake-baking blunders to avoid, you'll know how to bake a moist cake every time.