HUMMINGBIRD CAKE GLUTEN FREE RECIPE |
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 55 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Cake
- 350g caster sugar
- 325g or 2½ cups plain gluten free flour
- 135g or 1½ cups organic desiccated coconut
- 1½ tbs baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 250ml light olive oil
- 3 eggs
- 300g fresh pineapple, finely chopped and drained
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 50g pecans, chopped
- Lime Cream Cheese Icing
- 250g cream cheese, softened
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 300g icing sugar mixture, sifted
- Zest and juice of 1 lime
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 180c. Grease 2 x 20cm round cake tins and line bases with baking paper.
- Add sugar, flour, coconut, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg to a mixing bowl. Blend on a low speed for a few seconds to combine dry ingredients.
- Add oil, eggs and banana and mix until combined. Fold in chopped pineapple and pecans.
- Divide the mixture between two cake tins and bake for 55 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Place cakes on a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat until just combined. Frost both cakes and then place one on top of the other. Garnish with extra pecans and lime wedges.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 180c. Grease 2 x 20cm round cake tins and line bases with baking paper.
- Add sugar, flour, coconut, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg to bowl and mix 3 sec/speed 5 to blend dry ingredients.
- Add oil, eggs and banana and mix 30 sec/speed 5, scraping down sides of bowl halfway through mixing. Add pineapple and pecans and mix on reverse mode/5 sec/speed 4.
- Divide the mixture between two cake tins and bake for 55 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Place on a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
- To make the frosting place all ingredients in bowl and mix 20 sec/speed 5. Frost both cakes and then place one on top of the other. Garnish with extra pecans and lime wedges.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/hummingbird-cake-gluten-free-recipe/
3.5.3251