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Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird Cake

Gold Medal™ Yellow Cake Mix is the starting point for a traditional Southern banana-pineapple cake. Add brown butter icing and pecans and it's divine.

Servings: 96 servings (1 serving = 1 slice)
Cake
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Gold Medal™ Yellow Cake Mix (11152)
5 lb
1 box
Eggs, large
12 oz
6 each
Vegetable oil
1 lb
2 cups
Honey
3 oz
1/3 cup
Cinnamon, ground
2 tsp
Crushed pineapple, canned, undrained
1 lb
2 cups
Bananas, overripe, diced
1 lb 14.00 oz
4 cups
Pecans, chopped
7 oz
2 cups
Brown Butter Icing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Butter
1 lb
2 cups
Powdered sugar
2 lb
7 1/2 cups
Whole milk
4 oz
1/2 cup
Honey
2 Tbsp
Pecans, chopped
7 oz
2 cups
Cake
  1. Place yellow cake mix into mixer bowl; add remaining cake ingredients.
  2. Mix with paddle attachment for 1 minute on low or until dry ingredients are moistened.
  3. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle. Mix additional 1 minute on low.
  4. Pour batter into 8 greased 9-inch round cake pans.
  5. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. Cool in pans on cooling rack for about 10 minutes; remove to cool completely on cooling racks.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
28-33 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
32-37 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 14 minutes of baking.
Icing
  1. Melt butter in a small, heavy-gauge saucepan over low heat; stir constantly for 7-8 minutes or until butter begins to turn golden brown.
  2. Remove pan immediately from heat; pour butter into large mixing bowl.
  3. Chill for about 1 hour or until butter begins to solidify.
  4. Place butter in small mixer bowl; beat butter with paddle attachment until fluffy.
  5. Add powdered sugar alternately with milk; mix until blended.
  6. Atop mixer scrape bowl and paddle. Stir in honey.
Assembly
  1. Divide icing by 8 (approx. 6 oz each); frosting the top of each cake round.
  2. Sprinkle each cake with 1/4 cup chopped pecans.
  3. Chill finished cake for at least 1 hour before serving for easier cutting. Serve.
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 slice
Calories
270
Calories from Fat
130
% Daily Value
Total Fat
15g
22%
Saturated Fat
5g
24%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
40mg
13%
Sodium
220mg
9%
Total Carbohydrate
31g
10%
Dietary Fiber
1g
4%
Sugars
22g
Protein
2g
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

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