This cake that I bring you today is my version of a very famous cake making in the Hummingbird Bakery in London, one of my favorites and I recommend to visit without fail on your next visit to London.
This beautiful cake is delicious, soft and spongy with banana and pineapple in abundance, crispy pieces of walnuts pecans is ideal for special occasions, to give to your loved ones, or simply for those moments that feel like a good piece of pie. This delicious tart Hummingbird (which is what means Hummingbird) will delight all.
It only takes a slightly special ingredient that is the all spice. In Spanish it is called Jamaica, sweet pepper or pepper Malagueta pepper and tastes like a mixture already made of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and nails. If you cannot find it, you can make a mixture with these spices and flavor will be very similar.
It's very funny because the Malagueta pepper is which gives its name to my neighborhood in Malaga, La Malagueta. And it is that in times of the Arabs, the whole area was planted of malagueta pepper, and hence the district took its name. It is a very nice story that hardly anyone knows. Told it me very little and that today I wanted to share it with you.
- 350 g flour €0.18
- 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate €0.15
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder €0.10
- 1/2 teaspoon salt €0.02
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon €0,10
- 1/2 teaspoon of all-spice (tastes like a mixture already made of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and nails. If you cannot find it, you can make a mixture with these spices and the taste will be very similar) €0.17
- 350 g ripe bananas of Canary Islands and crushed €0.55
- 200 g of pineapple in its own juice drained and chopped in cuadraditos €0.80
- 4 eggs €0,47
- 175 g brown sugar €0,26
- 175 g sugar €0.15
- grape seed or sunflower oil 250 ml €0.45
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract €0.30
- 50 g walnuts Pecans chopped €0.90
- 50 g chopped hazelnuts €0.75
- 100 g of coconut grated €0.90
For the coconut cream
- 200 g coconut milk €0,70
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch €0.10
- 3 tablespoons sugar €0.05
- 2 egg yolks €0,20
For the frosting (cream cheese):
- 200 g of cream cheese €0.80
- 400 ml of liquid cream €1,40
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract €0.30
- 3 tablespoons sugar €0.05
- 125 g of coconut grated €1.10
Total €17.25 for a cake that easily come from 20 servings. The cake is very high so the portions cut them fine and will be more than enough for one serving. I.e., €0.86 per serving which is incredible for a cake as delicious and strong prices.
Directions
1 preheat the oven to 175 degrees and grease three molds of 20 cm by placing a paper baking at the bottom of each mold to facilitate then the unmolding each cake.
2. in a bowl, put the flour with the baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices. Book. Chop nuts and book.
3 book & crushing bananas make a puree with them. Cut the pineapple into small pieces and reserve.
4. put the eggs, sugars, oil, coconut, banana and pineapple in a bowl and beat using an electric mixer until all ingredients are well combined.
5 slowly add flour mixture until everything is well integrated.
6 then Add vanilla chopped nuts. Fill the moulds and bake for 20-25 minutes until Biscuits are cooked.
7 remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely.
8. Meanwhile, in a saucepan bring to a boil the coconut milk. In a bowl mix the egg yolks, cornstarch and sugar. When the coconut milk break to a boil, add the mixture to the coconut milk and moving rods leaving Cook over medium heat until it has thickened and is a very thick cream. Tip into a bowl and let cool.
9. Mount the cream with the sugar, vanilla and cream cheese until you have loud peaks. With the help of a spatula mix our cream with Coconut cream little by little so that is a soft cream.
10 fill with this cream the cake: place one cake on a plate. Fill with cream and place another cake. Repeat with a second layer and cover the sides of the cake.
11. with the cream and remaining cheese, cover the cake out. We can do it evenly and perfect, or we can do it rustic, this is how I chose to do so. Garnish with a little shredded coconut.
- It replaces the mixed nuts that you like
- If you don't want to make the cream, you can save it to you and fill the cake with the frosting
- Difficulty: easy
- Preparation time: 2 hours
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Curious thing of Malagueta, did not know that Jamaica pepper also it was known by that name.
I loved your version of this cake and the photos are great:). Recently (as dessert for Christmas Eve) I prepared the Hummingbird Cake with the particularity of adding a crunchy walnuts, Pecans and a touch of lime, was super.
Hello Daniel, so I'm glad much that you like this version. The Hummmingbird has many different versions and yours also feel me great. Thank you very much for your comment and thank you very much for being here with me.A hug
Cake more appealing and beautiful Lola, what happens I'm going to have to eat it when you go to London, so I am looking for an excuse to go lol. At home there than other allergy, not many thankfully but one of them is the pineapple and happens to me that I can hardly cook with these things because I see that someone can not eat it and gives me much penina :( The case is that it has been you really beautiful and safe that delicious! Photos as always, a wonder. A big kiss and you spend a nice weekend :-)
BEA you love. Thank you very much for your words that always brighten up my day. Do not put the pineapple and add more coconut. It will be equally delicious and will give your touch to this cake that we could also call the thousand updates.A big kiss and you spend a nice weekend your also.
Pintaza and beautiful pictures, I'm already thinking if I will be able to make it gluten free, safe when I have time I will try it. A hug
Lol course you'll be able to do it! Just follow the steps and if you get lost or have any questions, tell me. Is rich, rich, so cheer up. A kiss and thank you for writing and for being here with me
I can't believe that you have just discover.
Lola have a blog that is a visual spectacle. Go photography and recipes are to literally lose reason.
I love the chilly air with pineapple and coconut that is seen in this cake. I'm allergic to nuts, but I think that removing them you will not lose the essence, truth? Congratulations, again. From now on my list of favorite cooking blogs.
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Hi Raquel, guauuuu, thank you so so much! If you're allergic to nuts simply don't put them. Cake is worth for its taste and in that they have nothing to do the nuts, which are contributing here is a crispy extra that you can put for example adding poppy seeds. Thank you very much for your words and I hope to continue seeing you here long. A Kiss :)
Loleta Hello! I want to know that you brand of coconut milk that you use for this recipe. It is that all the coconut milk that I find in the supermarkets are cans and it's a paste with water of coco and not is if it would be better for this purpose. Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards
Star
Hi star, gives equal the mark. The supermarkets is easy to find. They can have it in cans or in brick by a litre and 2 they will. There are times that being long on the shelf it separates water from fat, but that only means that they will return to join to the beat. You can also find it easily in Asian food stores. The brand that most commonly encounter is Dragon or A-roy. A hug and thank you very much for being here with me :)
Hello, I want to make this cake for my mother's birthday. No banana, she likes to much as I replace a part even if it is so you have less flavor to it and ground pineapple and coconut. Thank you
Hi Carolina, then simply don't put it. Trafficking with coconut and pineapple is already very juicy, so you can get rid of it without problem. Simply add the same amount of more pineapple and coconut and nothing else. Thank you so much for writing me and attentive to my recipes. You'll see as you love and will be a sure success. A hug and let me know.
Thank you for your help, then replacement 350 grams of banana for example 300 of pineapple and coconut 50 more? Is the pineapple more moist banana, will be well equal?
I'm from Argentina!
Hi Carolina! Then go illusion that I follow Ta away! Yes, the same amount but you will have to drain the juice that comes out well. Even so rich rich insurance you will get. A huge kiss and tell me which such sale all!
Hello, a question. In Coconut cream, Tablespoons, you say are they the measuring or you use any?
And more or less proportion of the frosting add you cream of coconut for the filling?
Thank you very much, I will make it my husband birthday.
Hi Ana, spoons that I use are measuring. the tablespoon equals 15 ml and 5 ml spoon. Anything you tell me. Kiss and thanks for writing
Thank you, a resolved question, I have another.
Would that proportion of frosting add to Coconut cream to make the filling?
Thanks a lot.
Hi Ana, quantities are those that you have in the list of ingredients, i.e., with the quantities that puts the recipe, you make the Coconut cream and the frosting, which you add the cream of coconut you've done. The entire amount is used. I think your confusion comes because the recipe says joins "a little cream" instead of "little by little cream", but I've already fixed it. Forgive the error. A hug and anything you tell me do vale? Kiss and thanks for being here with me :)
Then understand all cream of coconut is mixed with all the frosting and the resulting cream fills and covers the cake, no?
Thank you very much
Yeahhhh that is: all the cream filling and decorate the cake.
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To you!