
Hummingbird Cake Bars
All the deliciousness of the classic hummingbird cake wrapped into a super easy bar recipe.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups mashed banana about 3 large
- 8 oz can crushed pineapple
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Frosting
- 1 cup butter
- 2 8 oz bars of cream cheese, softened
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 4 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
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Toast pecans using your preferred method, set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour a Texas sheet cake pan (17-1/2" x 12-1/2" x 1" deep). Mix sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs on low speed scraping occasionally for one minute. Beat in bananas, pineapple, and vanilla on low for 30 seconds. Beat in flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon on medium speed for another minute, scraping the sides of the bowl a few times. Stir in toasted pecans. Spread in pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes. The bars are done when a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. Cool.
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While the bars are cooling, prepare frosting. In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter, stirring until golden brown. Let cool just a bit. Meanwhile beat cream cheese until smooth, add browned butter and beat until mixed well. Stir in vanilla. Stir in powdered sugar, a little at a time, until you reach your desired consistency. You may need a little less or a little more depending on your preference. When your frosting is perfect and your cake cool, spread frosting over bars, cut and enjoy!!!
Recipe Notes
*Note - sometimes I stir 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes with the toasted pecans into the batter.

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I am confused by the instructions for the frosting – first you melt & brown the butter then “beat powdered sugar” do you mean sift here? then you add the butter to the sugar and beat then stir in vanilla next you stir in more powdered sugar? where is that coming from? is this in addition to the 5 cups you beat into the butter?
fivfoot2, so sorry about that! Thanks for asking. Where the recipe read beat powdered sugar until smooth it should have said, beat cream cheese!!! The recipe has been updated. If you need anything else, just let me know! Thanks for being a part of JCD!
Happy Day,
Jasey
OH!! Thank you so much! Duh – I totally missed the cream cheese (having a blonde moment I guess 🙂 I should have figured that out 🙂
Thanks for “fixing” the recipe, I am anxious to try it out & take to a family reunion 🙂
Have a Great Day!
((Hugs!))
fivfoot2
I had Hummingbird Cake for the first time back around Christmas… Oh.My.Goodness! I’m not sure how I’ve missed it all these years! These bars look great, and if they taste anything like what I had back in December, they are guaranteed to be amazing!