Hummingbird Cake

Doctor Bird Cake (American-Southern) (Jamaican)

flour, sugar, vegetable oil, bananas, pineapples, pecans, vanilla, eggs, spices

A banana-pineapple spice cake that has been a tradition in Southern cuisine since the mid-20th century. The first known publication of the recipe, as written by L.H. Wiggin, was in the February 1978 issue of Southern Living.

Created on the island of Jamaica, the Hummingbird Cake was named after the island's national bird, where it is also known as the Doctor Bird cake (Doctor Bird is another name for the island's national bird). In 1979, the Jamaica Tourist Board …

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Created Feb. 10, 2017 by: eemia21


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