HUMMINGBIRD CAKE / CUPCAKES

hummingbird cake-cupcakes
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE / CUPCAKES
Cake Batter:
1 ½ cups chopped pecans
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 ¾ cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 large)
1 (8-oz.) can crushed pineapple (do not drain)
¾ cup canola oil
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Glaze:
4 ounces cream cheese, cubed and softened
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Prepare Cake Batter: Preheat oven to 350° (180°C). Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.
Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 4 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Sprinkle 1 cup toasted pecans into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan. Spoon batter over pecans.
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
Prepare Glaze: Process cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 tablespoon milk in a food processor until well blended. Add remaining 1 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, processing until smooth. Immediately pour glaze over cooled cake, and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup toasted pecans.

Nota:  Hummingbirdkoek muffins gebak. Roomkaasversiersel met papawersaad pampoenpitte en cranberries. (Koekresep gevat, 30 – 35 min gebak. 40 muffins gekry en dit vries goed)
Ek vat roomkaas, bietjie kaneel, bietjie versiersuiker en ‘n proppie vanilla. Ek maak dit nie so soet nie.
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Foto en resep geplaas deur Charne de Jager