6 Ways with Hummingbird Cake

The Original Hummingbird Cake Recipe

Originally submitted by Mrs. L.H. Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina in our February 1978 issue, this Hummingbird Cake recipe is known to have won numerous blue ribbons at county fairs.

• View the Original 1978 Hummingbird Cake Recipe

Click through this slideshow to see our updated take on the original recipe and find lightened and simple variations for Hummingbird Cake recipes.

 

Hummingbird Cake

The first time it ran in the magazine it had 1 1⁄2 cups of oil and double the frosting. We much prefer this version today; it’s every bit as yummy as the original, higher-fat version.

• Recipe: Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird Bundt Cake

From pineapple to cream cheese, the same ingredients first featured in the 1978 version of this popular layer cake still shine in our new version— simplified by baking in a Bundt pan.

• Recipe: Hummingbird Bundt Cake

Mile-High White Chocolate Hummingbird Cake

Eight layers and a spoon-licking white chocolate-cream cheese frosting make this updated version more spectacular than the original. But it's easy as can be because of convenience products such as cake mix, instant pudding mix, and canned pineapple.

• Recipe: Mile-High White Chocolate Hummingbird Cake

Lightened Hummingbird Cake

The Lightened version makes simple substitutions such as using applesauce for some of the oil and light rather than regular cream cheese. Your whole family will love the sweet pineapple and banana cake topped with delicious Cream Cheese Frosting.

• Recipe: Lightened Hummingbird Cake

 

Hummingbird Pancakes

This showstopping stack has the same flavor profile as the original Hummingbird Cake recipe, and the cream cheese frosting is transformed into a lip-smacking Cream Cheese Anglaise to drizzle on top.

• Recipe: Hummingbird Pancakes
• Recipe: Cream Cheese Anglaise

35th Anniversary Hummingbird Cake

We updated the original with a banana pudding-inspired custard filling and browned butter frosting. As for the cake layers? They're original. We recognize perfection when we taste it.

• Recipe: 35th Anniversary Hummingbird Cake