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Chef John's Hummingbird Cake
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the Cake:
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 ½ cups vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple
  • 3 medium ripe bananas, sliced
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • subheading: For the Frosting:
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar
  • subheading: For the Hummingbird:
  • ½ cup white sugar, or as needed
  • ¼ cup edible flowers, assorted
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