Hummingbird Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting

This Hummingbird Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting is a delicious mashup of a Hummingbird Cake (a Southern classic) and banana bread.

After making Carrot Cake Cupcakes recently, and realizing that I had an overabundance of overly ripe bananas (as usual), I got to thinking about other dessert recipes that used lots of fruit and or vegetables.

After some searching, I landed on Hummingbird Banana bread. It’s full of crushed pineapple, shredded coconut, chopped pecans, and mashed bananas (duh). The pineapple and bananas keep it really moist, while the coconut and pecans keep things interesting in terms of texture. It’s all slathered with some sweet, but not too sweet, cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with more chopped pecans.

This recipe comes from A Latte Food.

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Hummingbird Banana Bread

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2 loaves

Ingredients

For the bread

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 8 oz crushed pineapple, with juice
• 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
• 1/3 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups bananas (about 3-4 medium-sized), mashed

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions

To make the bread

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9x4-inch loaf pans with cooking spray or butter. Set them aside.
2. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and kosher salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Add the vanilla extract. Next, add the egg, one at a time. Beat until combined.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet. Stir until they are just combined.
6. Add the pineapple, shredded coconut, and pecans. Mix until combined.
7. Pour in mashed bananas and mix until combined.

8. Bake the bread for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick, when inserted into the center, comes out clean.

9. Allow the loaves to cool in their pans for 10-15 minutes before removing them from the pans to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

To make the cream cheese frosting

1. Beat the cream cheese and butter together until they are well combined. Add the vanilla extract and mix.

2. Add the powdered sugar and mix until well combined.

3. Spread the frosting over the cooled loaves. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.

Recipe Notes

Notes:

• The listed preparation time does not include the time required to let the banana bread cool.
• Store any leftovers in the fridge.

Want more banana bread-y recipes? Take a look at my Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal Banana Bread, Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread, and Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Cookies!