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Hummingbird Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Wrigggit / All my dishes 6 months ago A very fruity cake- the pineapple makes it chewy and sweet. The frosting is great as well. A winner all round with kids and adults.... Prep:10m Cook:60m Servings:16	Wrigggit
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Ingredients

1/2 small fresh pineapple, or large can pineapple

2 cups self raising flour

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup dessicated coconut

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 tsp mixed spice

2 ripe bananas

2 eggs

1 cup sunflower oil

Frosting:

125g cream cheese

60g unsalted butter

1 tspn vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups icing sugar

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 180degC. Grease and line base of a 22cm square cake tin.

Peel pineapple, remove core and finely dice flesh. Need about 2 cups.

Combine flour, sugar, coconut, walnuts and mixed spice in a large bowl. Mash bananas with a fork, and combine with eggs and oil. Stir into dry ingredients with pineapple.

Transfer to cake tin and smooth top. Cook for 1 hour until golden and cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool for 5 mins before turing out onto a wire rack. Cool completely before icing.

Icing: beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until creamy. Add icing sugar and beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cake and scatter over extra walnuts, if desired.

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