Hummingbird Cake Recipe 

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What a pleasure each time a new video pops up from you John. Hey Food Network? Are you watching this guy? He's awesome. Hire him!!

John: Slicing the pineapple then looking for a thin piece. Me: Slicing the pineapple then looking for a bandaid.

Have never even heard of a hummingbird cake. Our Pastor's wife asked me to make one. Found this... Followed your recipe to a T and holy cow! Best cake I have ever had! Truly has impressive flavor. Def subscribed and looking forward to more goodness! Thank you so much!

Tip: Mix cream cheese in a separate bowl then mix the butter and powder sugar together. Once you have done that then incorporate the mixed cream cheese with the mixed butter and sugar and of course your vanilla. People do these steps backwards. This method works because mixing the butter and sugar first coats the sugar in butter fat and this creates a barrier between the sugar and the water in the cream cheese sugar naturally wants to pull that water out somewhat deflating the cream cheese. That's what makes cream cheese frosting runny the final frosting is thick and smooth and stable enough for filling cakes and piping

Normal chefs: if ypu dont have X, you can omit it... its okay. John: if you dont have cardamom... get some 😂

My husband and i got married in Nov of 2016 and we had a hummingbird wedding cake. Everyone loved it!

A hummingbird cake NEVER disappoints.

I remember using shredded coconut over the frosting long ago, totally unforgettable. Hummingbird cake is always delicious.

Hummingbird cake?! Oh this has me all a-Flutter with excitement, look so sweet!

I’m always so amazed by the amount of sugar there is in American types of frosting🙈 I usually add ~100g of sugar per 300g of cream cheese, and I though I had a sweet tooth! But the cake!!! It’s absolutely wonderful, thank you for sharing!!

I made this for my husbands birthday and it was the best cake I have ever baked!! Everybody loved it. Absolutely enjoyed baking this and enjoyed indulging in this heavenly tropical cake even more! Thank you so much. You are just wonderful! Love all your videos they just make me so happy! 😃 Love, from Sri Lanka.

Love your kitchen!

I love how you are so real in the way you cook. You don’t take out the accidents that happen during preparation. Like all of us we have accidentally done something wrong although we never admit it to friends, you are so naturally confident and I love how you use your baking strips to make sure your cakes turn out even layered, something I have yet to purchase. You are a joy to watch and I can’t wait for your next video! ♥️

I just tried this cake for the first time last week and I LOVED it. Wanted to try making it myself and this video popped right up. Thanks John!

ok but like can we appreciate how john always has food with 10/10 presentation, always leveling up, *props* he is making literal art

Thank you for the most REALISTIC depiction of decorating a cake that I've ever watched from you. It's so comforting to see scenarios that I've experienced (while attempting to make some of your other cakes) actually HAPPENING! It made this recipe far more real, far more appealing, and far less stressful to contemplate making. I can't wait to try it... thanks, John! P.S., your new oven (well, the entire, new kitchen, for that matter) is AWESOME!

I really appreciate you troubleshooting and showing us what u do when the frosting got soft from the warm cake! It’s things like this that just make me extra love this channel!!! That and your wonderful personality!!!

I have never made a cake before. This recipe was my very first try. I've made some bread though, which I think the experience helped a little. It was my girlfriend's birthday, and this was her favorite cake, so I tried. It came out perfectly. I followed every instruction in this video, very precisely, and it worked. Thank you for the recipe. During the process, I realized I didn't have enough butter, or any cinnamon, oops. I used a 3/4 cup of ghee i had left and a splash of heavy cream instead, oh and nutmeg to sub the cinnamon. So, not quite so precisely at all, but it worked. Thanks! Excellent recipe.

Great timing. Am making a vegan hummingbird cake for a neighbourhood "thing" this weekend. Never even thought about pineapple flowers - great idea! Thanks for the inspiration!

John, this cake came out a year after I was born. I heard this was a a really big cake back in the late 70's. You did an incredible job! ❤️🙂

My husband and I in NC had a very traditional southern wedding. We had a desert table with traditional southern cakes except for the NY cheesecake! We had 2 coconut sour cream cakes, 2 10 layer chocolate cakes, 2 red velvet cakes, 2 NY cheesecakes and 2 hummingbird cakes. It was beautiful and delicious! All the cakes were made by southern mother, aunts and a friend. I made the cheesecakes and hummingbird cakes. I did 3 things different you might try to the hummingbird cakes that made them the most popular of all the cakes. I used coconut oil and added toasted coconut to the frosting and mixed crushed pineapple to the frosting. It was, as you say, "AMAZING"! I can't wait to try the dried pineapple flowers! Also I'm hooked on your videos! Your cake batters are the best I've ever used!

I made this cake yesterday, and its incredible, for the frosting I actually added some crushed pineapple and it ties into the cake so nicely. P.s. john is my new closest friend😄

One of my favorite cakes is hummingbird cake John! How did you know? You just made my whole month by making this recipe! My mom would make hummingbird cake ever year for my birthday along side an all white cake(frosting, cake mix, white chocolate shavings) so I'll have two different cakes for my birthday so it's a tradition for us. Thank you John! You brought back memories for me, thank you! 😭

Had this as my wedding cake along with a coconut cake and a red velvet cake It is my favorite! Thank You!

Have you ever been on a late night talk show? You have a great sense of humor, you are incredibly talented and the camera and viewers love you.

Hi John, we all have a gift and yours is baking to the tenth power. You love what you do and it shows. You are so talented. Bless you and your family. Bravo.

You're a good teacher..... I know my way around a kitchen, but your tips from your videos help a lot. I also LOVE seeing you work through flubs.... it's a great help in how I can fix things when they don't go as planned. Thanks!

You remembered, thank you so much. Your version is brilliant as always.

John, you make baking so real! Love it.

Love that cake! The pineapple flowers are the crowning touch!!!!

I've loved every one of your recipes that I've tried. You're so fun to watch and you're a great teacher. When you show your mishaps I don't feel like such a loser when I make mistakes. thanks for that! I haven't made a hummingbird cake for probably 50 years (yes, I'm that old) and it had coconut and maraschino cherries in it... yikes. I'll be making this one next week to share!!

Oh my gosh how wonderfully creative are those pineapple dehydrated flowers 😍 to love the cake recipe, it’s fantastic. Such a beautiful cake.

One of my absolute favorite cake recipes.

LOVE LOVE a good Hummingbird cake!

What a coincidence, I have some ripe bananas and was searching for a hummingbird cake recipe and tried yours in the first position. So I tried it and wow, its so good as usual. I tried your coffee cake and its my favourite now. From now on, you are the one for cakes recipes.

I never ate hummingbird cake before. And this cake is fantastic! Thank you for all the tips along the way!

Absolutely love his recipes and techniques. He is knowledgeable.

I'm from the South and I'm so glad to see you make a Hummingbird Cake. They are very popular down her. A Hummingbird Cake is my very favorite.

I love hummingbird cake!!! Thank you John💞

I can’t wait to try this! Thank you for sharing!

This is one of my favorite cakes. Love love love it.

I clicked like from I saw the title. I will be baking one of these ALL of my favorite add ins. I love your videos

Those flowers are fabulous.

Thank you! I will be making these for my 22nd birthday today so I can celebrate under quarantine! 🥳

John, in this particular video, you are in an EXTRA happy mood! Made me feel happy also!! Thanks so much!! 😊😊😊

You are just a joy to watch. Hummingbird cake has a special place in my heart and I am going to the store to get my ingredients right now.

You need to sell merch that says "press press press", "stir stir stir", "whisk whisk whisk" :)

Love hummingbird cake. Cool idea for the flowers. I will definitely be making this cake. Thank you for sharing with us.

I don't feel so bad about my baking flaws now... thank you, thank you for the tips!! You're simply the best!! 🎂💟

I made this cake a few days ago for my husband's birthday and it was amazing! Everyone raved about it, thanks for the great recipe john.

Tried this recepe today. The cake was absolutely delicious. Thank you very much!

Wow, what a beautiful cake! I was really looking forward to seeing your take on hummingbird cake, and I am absolutely floored. I especially love the pineapple flowers. I’m going to try this recipe very soon. You are the best John, thanks so much for sharing this recipe!!😊

John! I love everything you make and that new kitchen is actual goals!!!

Humming bird cake never disappoints, I’ll have to try the flowers, so cute ❤

After every video I think about and envy John's kids. Imagine growing up surrounded by such delicious, appetizing, and aesthetically pleasing food.

Hi! My preschool class is called the hummingbirds and I would love to make this with them! Can we make them into cupcakes since that might be easier for them to eat??

I really like the way you frost cake. It has a soothing quality

I love the personal size cake! I can see a bunch of those for a dinner party!

Hummingbird bird cake is amazing,will be trying this one...thank you.🤗

Thanks for this recipe! I've tried a couple of different hummingbird cake recipes and hadn't found the taste I wanted. Can't wait to try your recipe.

Thank u for sharing!! Love pineapples !!..great recipe ♥️

Looks great and I really respect that you left the small mishap in the video and the trick to save.

Fabulous. Decoration is simple but stunning. And thanks for giving grams as well as cups/ sticks - which we don't use in England

I can't wait to try this recipe. I've been wanting to try a hummingbird cake for a couple months now.

The dried pineapple reminds me of bbn one of my favorite spring flower..daffodils 💛

J'ai fait la recette et j'ai utilisé des moules de 9 pouces. Le résultat était extraordinaire. J'adore suivre Preppy Kitchen. Les recettes sont accessibles et très bien expliquées. Merci.

❤ You , ❤ your kitchen and ❤your recipes!!!

Beautiful sunshiney cake, John! Thank you for sharing.

I love your whole vibe, excited to try this recipe, thank you for the video!

What a sweet little cake! Love the pineapple flowers!

Thank you! I baked the batter in one 9” pan and two ramekins. Haven’t made the cream yet but we already ate the ones in ramekins. They came out so so fluffy and delicious. I imagined a bit chewier texture but it came out just so airy. The larger one came out overbaked a little. Will make the frosting tomorrow and will see what the ready cake will become. I guess it will come out delicious still.

Creative! Thanks for sharing your ideas on how to make flowers from pineapple. Love it!

So pretty, and that 4" cake is just DARLING! How fun! I'm trying to think of all the different projects that you could use those little flowers on... 😆 Thanks for sharing!

I made this cake today and was awesome! 😊 couldn’t be more happy

Okay John , I’m a new fan , and I’m making this cake for my mothers birthday in an hour . I’ve put my faith in your kind Sir, and I’m pretty confident that I can do this !

LOOKS BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!

Wow! I love the pineapple flowers! I’m sure this cake tastes so delicious.

It's gorgeous!! Can't wait to make it.

Thanks for the recipe, tried it yesterday and it was delicious and so simple yet elegant. The pineapple flowers were a hit and my favorite component. Love how fun and relaxed you seem when baking and the fact that you let your 'mistakes' show on camera... this helps us avoid them 😉

If lilacs are blooming when you make this cake you can also decorate with lilac flowers. They are edible and the tiny flowers on the cream cheese frosting look so delicate

It looks so pretty and delicious! Thanks.

Thank you so much for leaving in the powdered sugar dust cloud...made my day

I've never had a hummingbird cake before!my mouth is watering! Can't wait to make this!we grow our own pecans and this is going to be soooooo good!!!! Thank you for sharing this 🌝🍍🍍

I made it and it’s the prettiest cake I’ve ever made. Thank you

This is one I've heard of, but haven't tried yet. Thank you for sharing your recipe.

Great job! You are wonderful! I can't wait to make one of these

OMGoodness I’m in love with those pineapple flowers!!!🍍

Pat pat pat pat...dry dry dry! Stir stir stir...cut cut cut...whisk whisk whisk!!! Love it!! Charming

This cake is the bomb and so are you. I love how real you are in your videos with all your tips and what can go wrong. This is my first cake recipe I’ve tried of yours and in was soooo good. Everyone raved on how good it was; even my son who doesn’t care for cake. Your banana muffins and banana loaf are also my go to when I have ripe bananas. So good and thanks again for all the deliciousness you send our way. ❤️🎂

😱beautiful !!!! John you are an artist chef !! Thank you 😊

Hey John, Those fabric cake strips have been a game changer for me. Love the flatter layers and moist sides. No crumb coat required

Those flowers are crazy cute

Because you showed the video on the cake strips I got some and I have to say they work amazingly. Thank you!!! And I think I will make this cake for a pot luck music night that we go to once a month.

Thank you for showing how you had to adjust the frosting and redo it!

Oh man you are soooo talented. i love watching you bake, plus you always make it fun.

“Swoopy” ...love this guy!

Never heard of this cake, but you bet I'm going to give it a go. It looks Delicious!

Oh,yum! My favorite, I also make muffins ,but without the frosting, delicious!

Thank you so much for posting a cake video - I had really been missing them. I also live for the stand mixer mini explosions. A cake video wouldn't be complete w/o at least one ;)