Cook Book Binging

I've got a cookbook habit. Especially as of late. Seems I can't get enough of baking books. Or baking!

One of the firsts for me this year is to try baking some new things.  Gonna become an amateur pastry chef...ha-ha.

Used some of my cookbooks in my collection to find an inspiration.
And here it is...drum roll...

so my first baking of something new is this cake.

Now I have made home made cakes before. I've made home made frosting before. But I've never made a Hummingbird Cake before.  Nor have I made home made cream cheese frosting.

This frosting recipe is super light and fluffy.  Maybe it is because I just whipped it a lot. Maybe its the recipe.  But real cream cheesy and yum!

I've never had a hummingbird cake before. It has a bit of spice in it, along with banana and pineapple. It is suppose to have pecans but I substituted walnuts because that's what I had.

Maybe it changes the type of cake I made. 

????

The only thing I think I'd changed about this recipe is I'd add more crushed pineapple.

Kind of reminded me of a carrot cake, but definitely not a carrot cake.

I could eat this cake all day!

Here's the cookbook I pulled off the shelf and used. 

I went through several because I had a bunch of bananas that I wanted to use. I had first thought of making banana bread, but I have done that many times before.

So why not try this cake?

I'm trying to experience new things this year.

And after watching the Great British Bake Off on PBS, I got inspired by cake.

Not just to bake, but to eat too!

And my next baking project?  Hmmmm.  

Souffle? A new bread? Eclairs? Madeleines? 

I'll let you know where my baking journey takes me.

Thanks for stopping by.