Hummingbird Cupcakes Recipe

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Turn the traditional hummingbird cake—flavored with pineapple, bananas and walnuts—into a bite-sized treat with these moist cupcakes. —Jessie Oleson, Seattle, Washington

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Hummingbird Cupcakes Recipe
  • Prep: 40 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 24 Servings
40 20 60

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups mashed ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup drained canned crushed pineapple
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine bananas and pineapple.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with banana mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in coconut and walnuts.
  • Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners’ sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Yield: about 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cupcake equals 410 calories, 20 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 67 mg cholesterol, 230 mg sodium, 56 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Hummingbird Cupcakes in Taste of Home's Cupcake of the Week Newsletter , p7/5/10

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Reviewed on May. 08, 2012 by 4tyeking

These were so easy to make and sooooo tasty!


Reviewed on Apr. 27, 2012 by patriotsgrl

I made these cupcakes yesterday and brought them into work, everyone raved about how good they were. CALORIES WERE ENJOYED BY ALL :o)


Reviewed on Apr. 24, 2012 by lizv1

Everybody enjoyed these. Will tweek to my own personal tastes next time by taking out 1/2 cup sugar, as well a adding more pineapple to make them a little moister.


Reviewed on Apr. 21, 2012 by dminkus

These were WONDERFUL! I followed the recipe as is, except I drained the pineapple only slightly and baked for about 16-18 min (some were in cupcake liners, some not. The ones in cupcake liners cooked the longer time). My recipe came out with 32 decently sized cupcakes and I didn't use all the icing... maybe 2/3 or 3/4 of the whole recipe was plenty. It honestly didn't need icing and my husband thought it would be better without. If the calories scare you, you can easily lighten this up to suit your diet/taste. If the recipe is left as is according to the amount stated, 32 cupcakes with ALL the icing would be 307 per cupcake... that knocks off 100 cal by making 8 more. You could also omit the nuts or icing or both. I tried it without nuts and without icing...both were very good! People that critisize a recipe's calorie and fat content, must not know how to make changes to it or just don't eat desserts at all... which makes me question why they would look to begin with.


Reviewed on Apr. 20, 2012 by CharDau

Great recipe, thank you for sharing! I also want to add that I agree with MS LISA. If you don't like the ingredients, please just move on to the next recipe. We have more than enough food police! I have never smoked, I don't drink and I am not overweight so leave me and my sugar, butter etc. etc. etc. alone. I also think giving a review before trying the recipe is a waste of time. Please try the recipe and then give us your honest opinion. I would love to read if you added something to make a good recipe even better. So many of these reviews are from (I would assume) excellent cooks and I value those opinons. Thanks!


Reviewed on Apr. 19, 2012 by pah951

These were delicious cupcakes...very moist. I did not drain the pineapple. I followed the recipe as written and they were great!


Reviewed on Apr. 19, 2012 by incntrygrl

These are super good, just made them and hubby & I love them.


Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2012 by KScales

To answer the questions below about draining the pineapple, yes, it should be drained before measuring it.

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Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2012 by sstetzel

I emailed the Test Kitchen for clarification, for this recipe - the pineapple is drained.


Reviewed on Apr. 17, 2012 by MS LISA

I get so frustrated listening to these so-called ''experts" on nutrition.  It's a recipe, and reviews are what they are, reviews.  I love reading reviews to see variations of recipes, not somebodys tirade on sugar, salt, fat etc.  I think those comments should be banned.  It's not right that they downgrade a recipe to 1 star or none when they haven't even made it.  If people don't like the ingredients, move on to the next recipe.  I have a few foods I don't like, so does everybody else, that doesn't make me downgrade a recipe because maybe I don't like one ingredient.  Why can't we stick to a review.  If you didn't make the recipe, then you have no business writing a review.  I rest my case.    

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