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Hummingbird traybake

Hummingbird traybake

By Samuel Phitsanulok
20’ Prep time
60’ Cook time
80’ Total time
758 Calories
12 Serving

Summary

Named after the southern us cake so-called because it’s sweet enough to attract tiny birds in search of nectar, this features a luscious soft-cheese icing. recipe by: georgina hayden
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Line a 30x20cm roasting or cake tin with baking parchment and put the pecans in it; bake for 6-8 minutes, until lightly toasted. Transfer to a board to cool, then roughly chop.
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Step 2

In a bowl, toss the chopped pineapple with 50g flour. In another bowl, mix the remaining 325g flour with the baking powder, mixed spice and salt. In a large bowl, use an electric hand mixer to whisk together the oil and sugar for 1 minute (or use a freestanding mixer). One at a time, beat in the eggs, then whisk for a further 2 minutes on a high speed until you have a light batter. Use a metal spoon to gently fold in ½ of the flour mixture, followed by ½ of the mashed bananas. Repeat with the remaining flour and bananas. Finish by folding in the chopped pineapple mixture and ¾ of the pecans. Spoon into the prepared tin and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cooked through and a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool completely in the tin.
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Step 3

Meanwhile, put the butter in a large bowl and use an electric hand mixer to beat for 2 minutes until creamy (or use a freestanding mixer). Add the soft cheese and beat for a further 2 minutes, until smooth. Sift in the icing sugar and beat for 1 minute. Spoon over the cooled sponge and evenly spread it out with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle over the remaining chopped pecans and serve.

Ingredient

  • Plain flour
    Plain flour
    375 grams
  • Unsalted butter
    Unsalted butter
    125 grams
  • Icing sugar
    Icing sugar
    350 grams
  • Baking powder
    Baking powder
    2 tsp
  • Fine sea salt
    Fine sea salt
    0.5 tsp
  • Light brown soft sugar
    Light brown soft sugar
    300 grams
  • Waitrose british blacktail eggs
    Waitrose british blacktail eggs
    3
  • Medium pineapple
    Medium pineapple
    250 grams
  • Pecans
    Pecans
    150 grams
  • Mixed spice
    Mixed spice
    1 tsp
  • Groundnut oil
    Groundnut oil
    275 mls
  • Full fat cream cheese
    Full fat cream cheese
    250 grams
  • Bananas
    Bananas
    250 grams
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