Browned Butter Hummingbird Cake
Incorporating banana and pineapple, this moist cake is frosted with a browned butter and cream cheese spread and dotted with toasted pecans. The result is a whimsical cake with flavor as delightful as its name.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups butter softened and divided
- 2 Cups sugar
- 2 Tablespoons vanilla extract divided
- 1/2 Cup Bob Evans 100% Liquid Egg Whites – 32 Ounces
- 1 1/2 Cups ripe banana mashed
- 8 Ounces canned crushed pineapple drained
- 3 Cups all purpose flour
- 1 Teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 Teaspoons ground cinnamon divided
- 1 Teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 Teaspoon salt
- 1/2 Cup whole buttermilk
- 8 Ounces cream cheese softened
- 7 Cups powdered sugar
- 2 Cups pecans finely chopped, toasted
Toast nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant.
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Bob Evans 100% Liquid Egg Whites – 32 OuncesInstructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Beat 1 cup butter, sugar, and 1 tablespoon vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer at medium-high speed until fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes, stopping occasionally to scrape sides of bowl.
- Add liquid egg white, beating until blended.
- Beat in banana and pineapple until blended.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a small bowl.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition.
- Spread batter into 3 (9-inch) round cake pans sprayed with baking spray with flour. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
- Melt 1 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook 5 to 8 minutes or until butter is browned and smells nutty. Pour browned butter into a bowl; cover, and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
- Beat browned butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy.
- Add 1 tablespoon vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, beating until blended.
- Gradually beat in powdered sugar until blended.
- Spread frosting in between layers and on top and sides of cake. Press toasted nuts over sides of cake.
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