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Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan)

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The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

Have you ever had some Hummingbird? Haha, don’t be silly, you know what I mean 😉 I had never had this classic Springtime Southern American cake until last month. I felt like carrot cake, morning glory cakes, and hummingbird cake all fall in that same sweet filled breakfasty cake category. This hefty loaf cake is packed with banana, pineapple, pecans, sweet and spice, and of course a killer cream cheese frosting (essential, again, to that trio!)

Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

I have some more food history fun facts for you. The Hummingbird Cake was first created in Jamaica (they also call is Doctor Bird Cake) in honor of their national bird, the Hummingbird! Then in the last 1970s the recipe crept it’s way up to the Southern States of the US and it took off! It grew popular through various press and media publications and the rest is some sweet delicious history! Obviously it took even longer to make its way up to MY taste buds, but alas, it was a glorious first experience!

Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

I do love the sweet nutty taste of the raw pecans with the tang of the pineapple and creamy sweetness of the banana. Such a great combo, but really over the top with that dairy-free vegan cream cheese frosting I made! This could totally pass of an indulgent weekend breakfast cake or a dessert with a nice piping hot mug of coffee! Right after I baked this hummingbird loaf cake, I texted my mom that I’d need her to be my taste-tester. To my surprise, she had no idea what a hummingbird cake was either. I got to bake and teach that weekend…perfect way to feel accomplished…and be reworded with some gluten-free hummingbird loaf cake!

Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan)

Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

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Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan)

The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 1 8x4 Loaf 1x
  • Category: Dessert, Breakfast, Bread
  • Cuisine: Jamaican, Southern
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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together all the cake batter ingredients until combined.
  3. Pour the batter into a greased 8×4 loaf pan and smooth out the top.
  4. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, remove, and let the loaf cool on a wire rack.
  5. In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese frosting ingredients until smooth.
  6. Lightly pour the frosting over the top of the loaf cake and sprinkle on more crushed pecans if desired.

 Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake (Vegan) | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The sweet and nutty classic Southern dessert now with a gluten-free and vegan recipe! Gluten-Free Hummingbird Loaf Cake topped with a delicious dairy-free cream cheese frosting and packed with pecans, banana, and pineapple!

So cozy! Definitely a fantastic weekend baking project to try out if you’ve never had anything Hummingbird! I love when a random assortment of flavors work so perfectly with each other! And don’t worry, no Hummingbirds were harmed in the baking of this loaf cake 😉

So tell me:

+ Have you ever had Hummingbird Cake? It’s kind of like a banana bread 2.0!

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  4. Leslie Soto says

    Hummingbird cake is one of my favorite cakes ever. I love that you made it simple though by making it a loaf cake. This is going on my Pinterest to make soon! Thank you for sharing!

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yes! I’m not all into big layers cakes, but a nice quick loaf cake…my jam!

      Reply

  18. Farrah says

    Yeahhhhh hummingbird cake! <3 This looks so good! I've made hummingbird muffins before but it's been ages! I love that frosting too! :]!!

    Reply

  19. Julianne says

    I’ve never head of hummingbird loaf, but it sounds interesting. I am always looking for gluten free and dairy free recipes for my son and I, so I am excited to find your blog.

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  21. Yeukai says

    Ummm this loaf sounds amazing! I love banana bread and the addition of pineapple would be delicious. I also love that it’s vegan. Thank you

    Reply

  39. Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says

    I love that you took such a beautiful and classic dessert and made it GF! Thank you!!

    Reply

  46. Hannah says

    Hummingbird cake is one of my favorites! I think of it as fancy Easter cake, because we usually had it in layer cake form then 🙂

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Yea! It’s so spring! (Easier to make as a loaf…and then it can pass for a breakfast cake) 😉

      Reply

  57. Mari says

    I’ve never had Humming bird cake before and now I think I will 🙂 it looks so delicious, and ingredients are all the right one! Thank you for posting this recipe, Rebecca, and I’m glad to have found your beautiful blog! xx

    Reply

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