Today, I made a birthday cake for all the September Babies in my life! My version of an old Southern favorite the Hummingbird Cake. If you've never had this cake, you really should try it. It's easy to make, real comfort food and super delish. This cake really holds up to frosting and the cake is moist (bananas and pineapple) and full of flavor (cinnamon and rum).
I think of this cake as:
(Carrot cake - carrots) + bananas = YUM!
Best parts, though, IMO are the rum and that it has THREE layers! I also added rum to the cream cheese frosting to give it just that right amount of mellow rum kick. :)
Happy Birthday!
This recipe is adapted from a cookbook by Art Smith, who was Oprah's chef...As we all know, I'm not a fan of Oprah (that would take a few blogs to explain...), but hey, regardless this-guy-can-cook!
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