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09-19-2010, 06:19 PM

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lisainmo

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Boy that sounds great, I am going to make that tomorrow!

09-19-2010, 06:26 PM

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MZStitch

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Sounds yummy, I'll give it a try next wkend!

09-19-2010, 06:36 PM

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I am going to have to give this recipe a try :D
Thank you! I think.... LOL

09-19-2010, 06:48 PM

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I think I will stick to my low fat carrot cake with fat free cream cheese frosting. This cake has 2 grams of fat per square (18 servings from a 9 x 13 pan)

The Humming bird cake has 36 grams of fat per slice, if you sliced that cake into 12 pieces.

LOL,

I can eat the whole carrot cake and have the same fat grams as 1 slice of the hummingbird cake.

09-19-2010, 06:50 PM

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grammyp

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My MIL loved to make it. I could gain weight just smelling it cooking. LOVE it, but can't afford the calories these days.

09-19-2010, 06:53 PM

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Hummingbird cake is the best. It's always a hit everywhere I take one. Never any leftovers.

09-19-2010, 07:43 PM

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craftybear

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thanks for the recipe, never tasted it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chele

One recipe here: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/...mmingbird-cake

Google it and you'll find about 100 other recipes. Hands down, one of the BEST Southern cakes out there. And it's practically a health food. Bananas, pineapple, nuts, cheese. Make sure you eat a ol' big piece for the nutritional value. ;)

09-20-2010, 03:17 AM

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Rosyhf

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Martha's recipe sounds too junky to me. It's overdone with extra calories. Here is the Southern one that I did.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/ban...r/bl90321d.htm

I think this is the orginal recipe. I only used one cup of brown sugar and I didn't use the frosting (typo in my previous posting). the frosting is a killer. The cake taste wonderful without the frosting...

09-20-2010, 03:33 AM

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CarrieAnne

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Sounds SO good though!

09-20-2010, 03:41 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rosyhf

Have you made a HBC lately? I went to a gathering last night and she had made a HBC. It was so good I had to do one today. I have never had this cake before.

I just googled the recipe and had everthing here, I can't stop eating it...helpppppppppppp

why is it called Humming bird cake.