Hummingbird Cake Icing. Hummingbird Cake with Caramel Frosting 1 Rating This delicious hummingbird layer cake is filled with tropical favorites like pineapple bananas and coconut. Hummingbird Cake with Caramel Icing is a moist cake flavored with pineapple banana cinnamon and pecans and covered in a caramel-flavored frosting.
Butter cream cheese vanilla and sugar combine to make the most amazing frosting that pairs perfectly with the exotic flavours of the Hummingbird Cake. Decorate with chopped pecans. Repeat this same process with the other 2 layers and then crumb coat the entire cake with a thin layer of icing making certain that you fill the cracks between the layers as you go.
Coat the sides and top of the cake with a thin layer of the frosting and chill the cake until the frosting is firm to the touch 20 to 30 minutes.
While Cake bakes prepare the Frosting. Microwave on HIGH until butter is amber colored 6 to 9 minutes butter will pop as it browns. When it comes to frosting a hummingbird cake a rich cream cheese frosting. Its a soft banana and pineapple-laden cake with a healthy dose of tangy cream cheese frosting and a sprinkling of pecan halves.