Hummingbird Cupcakes
Deliciously moist cake with great Caribbean flavors.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
- 3 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cup granulated sugar
- 1½ tsp cinnamon
- 1½ tsp vanilla
- 3 lg eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 lg ripe bananas
- 1 can crushed pineapple
- ½ cup chopped pecans plus extra for decoration
- 1½ cup unsweetened cococnut plus extra for decoration
Brown Butter Cinnamon Icing
- 1 stick butter
- 3 cup icing sugar plus extra for consistency
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
pre heat oven to 350°f
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt, and cinnamon then set aside.
in a larger bowl mash bananas, add canned pineapple (juice and all) oil, vanilla, sugar, and eggs. mix all until well combined.
add dry ingredients into the larger bowl with the wet ingredients and stir until everything is incorporated. do not overmix.
fold in coconut and chopped pecans. Make sure not to over-mix again. just enough to distribute the added ingredients evenly.
line a muffin tray with cupcake liners and fill each one about ½ way. do not over fill as this cake mix does rise quite a lot.
bake in the over for 12-15 min or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Brown Butter Cinnamon frosting
melt butte in a small pot until the color changes from a pale yellow to a dark brown.
pour into a bowl of a stand mixer, using the whisk attachment on the slowest setting start moving the butter around to allow it to cool slightly.
add icing sugar and mix until it has all combined then increase in speed until it has whipped slightly.
add cinnamon and vanilla a whip for another minute or 2
at this point, if the icing is too thick you can add a bit of milk to this in-out. adding the tiniest amount at a time until you reach the right consistency. if it is too thin you can add more sugar.
add icing to a piping bag or a freezer bag with the tip cut off and pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
sprinkle some coconut and chopped pecans on top.