Easy Hummingbird Cake Using Box Cake Mix
A delicious cake with pineapple and bananas wrapped up in an amazing cream cheese frosting.
Equipment
- 2 (9 inch) cake pans
Ingredients
- 1 box (15.25oz) white cake mix
- 8 oz crushed pineapple with juice
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 medium)
- 1/2 cup milk or water
- 1/2 cup melted butter or vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
- whole or chopped pecans or walnuts for decoration (optional)
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 8 TBS butter, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 (9 inch) round cake pans or spray with a cooking spray that has flour in it. I use Baker's Joy.
- In a large bowl using an electric hand mixer, mix together dry cake mix, crushed pineapple with juice, mashed bananas, milk/water, butter/oil, eggs, vanilla extract and cinnamon for 1 minute. Scrape down sides of bowl and add in nuts (optional) Mix for and additional 2 minutes.
- Evenly distribute cake batter into the 2 cake pans. Bake until golden brown 23-28 minutes. Test with a toothpick in center of cakes, should come out clean.
- Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes on wire rack. Invert the cakes from pans onto wire racks and cool completely.
- Once cakes are cool make the cream cheese frosting. In a medium bowl using an electric hand mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter on low setting for 1 minute until combined. Add in powdered sugar a little at a time until well incorporated. Add in vanilla and increase speed to medium and blend until fluffy.
- Place a dab of frosting on the center of serving plate. Place 1 cake top side down onto frosting. (The frosting will help hold cake in place.) Using 1/3 of the frosting, place in center of cake and smooth out evenly. Place 2nd cake top side down on top of filling. Using the rest of the frosting, ice the top and sides of cake.
- Sprinkle chopped nuts around sides and top of cake, or use whole nuts to decorate. Your choice. Enjoy.
- Put small squares of parchment paper along the edges of the small dab of frosting before putting cake onto serving plate. This will help keep your plate clean as you are frosting the cakes. Once cake is frosted pull out the parchment squares for a clean look.
This recipe was super easy and very delicious!! I will make this cake forever
Thank you for watching, and so happy you enjoy.