Have you ever heard of Hummingbird Cake? Once, I heard about it on Paula Dean’s old show (remember her? she gone) but it had 18 pounds of butter in one cake, so I kind of forgot about it. But when I recently walked into my favorite breakfast restaurant Devil’s Food and they had samples of gluten free hummingbird bread. And if a sample includes the word gluten free in it, I’m trying it. Samples are my favorite past time. It’s not really a past time when I’m in Whole Foods in the bulk section, but you know what I mean. Anywho, their hummingbird bread was boooooomb. Like, so good. So I made it for myself. So here ya go.
Let’s talk about the weekend. Because it was filled with fun exercise. I get sick of being in my CrossFit gym sometimes. I loooove CrossFit Broadway, but sometimes my body needs a break from excessively painful workouts. I love how I feel after a CrossFit workout, but my hip flexors don’t always love it. So this weekend, I went to spinning class, ran Red Rocks, and biked around Denver. Those things hurt, but not nearly as bad as wall balls. Eff wall balls.
So this is what I figured out in spin class. I’m not motivated to work very hard in spin class unless a REALLY good song comes on. Spin class takes patience, because well, it’s an hour. An hour of straight pedaling is BORING. Especially when you’re staring at your miserable self in the mirror. That’s exactly why I don’t do yoga. I get much too bored. All I think about is everything else I could be doing. Like cutting my toenails. Or braiding my hair. And I don’t ever braid my hair. But out of the hour class, I got at least 7 minutes of hard work in with this song. I’m obsessed with this song now. If the instructor would have played this on repeat, I would have burned at least 800 more calories.
This is what I figured out about workout at Red Rocks. Those workouts are always finished with bloody mary’s. I don’t know why alcohol tastes so much better after running up and down stairs at a higher altitude…wait wait wait…slowly waddling up and down stairs at a higher altitude, stairs are hard…but it totally does. I feel like I only really LOVE bloody mary’s when exercise is involved. Or maybe I really only love exercise when I know I will be rewarded with a bloody mary. Either way, my poor waitress poured a glass of water down my shirt so I got a free bloody mary! She thought I would be upset, but I was just pumped to finally not feel sticky anymore. She actually cooled me down. But she was so embarrassed. I wish that happened to me more often.
Last but not least, this is what I learned from biking around Denver. You can never rely on a man to plan something. Sorry bros, but it’s true. A group of 3 guys and I biked to the other side of Denver to go to the GIANT REI to rent blow up paddle boards. As soon as we passed the river, I knew I was going to pass on the paddle boarding. People were wearing helmets and eatin’ sh*t every 5 seconds. That’s not my kind of paddle boarding. But luckily, REI doesn’t rent those paddle boards. And it started pouring rain. So we went and got tacos back on the other side of town instead. So even though I got more exercise in then planned, I figured out, you cannot rely on men to plan out your Sunday.
I’m learning so much as I age.
Hummingbird Bread
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour/powder
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup pineapple, diced
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add tapioca flour, coconut flour, coconut suguar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt to a large bowl and mix.
- Then add the rest of the ingredients, folding in pecans at the end.
- Pour mixture into a loaf pan (I lined mine with parchment paper for easy removal) and smooth at the top
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until bread is completely cooked through (use the toothpick trick to check)
- Let cool slightly before serving.
Notes
Yields 8 slices
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This looks incredible Julie. I can’t wait to try it out!! Making Sunday August 25th!!
I just finished with my baking. I leave it for over 60 minutes and when did the test to be sure it was done it apparently it was but it was not when I cut it. I followed the recipe and I’m a very good baker. What happened?
i’m not totally sure!!
Hi, after checking the bread again I turned my oven down to 250 degree for extra 20 min and it cooked thru it. It’s delicious!!! I took some pieces to work and non Paleo people asked me for the recipe. Thanks….
eff wall balls, ROFL, just what I was thinking this morning after doing Fight Gone Bad yesterday.
This looks yummy like every recipe on your sight.
I was sold on ‘hummingbird’
I will be trying this one out for sure. Off to go print.
just so happened to have all these ingredients.. it just finished cooling.. recipes like this convince me I don’t ever need to make non-paleo treats!! (although I still do.. shh!) so yummy!
OMG! This was my wedding cake! Although, the wedding cake was TOTALLY not gluten free! Second anniversary is coming up in 1.5 months and I can’t wait to try it! Do you think whipped coconut milk would make a good icing?
Oh hells yeah!!
It was our wedding cake too! Our 1 year is this weekend so I’m making this and topping with cream cheese frosting (w maple syrup) … So excited!
I totally get it about the spinning. I do it sometimes and hate how bored I get with spinning for an HOUR. And I also think about the million other things I could be doing other than yoga, which I like less than spinning. Also, stupid question, but what’s the bulk section at Whole Foods? I’ve been to like, 8 Whole Foods and never seen a bulk section! Is it hidden? Is it not REALLY bulk?
The section where you can buy nuts and seeds and dried fruit and granola and pour however much you would like. In bulk 🙂
I LOVE that song. And pretty much all SHM songs. GREAT for dancing.
I wanna substitute coconut sugar for truvia bc that’s what I have. Would you happen to know how much is equal to coconut sugar?? Thanks for all of your help!
No clue, I’ve never used that
No clue, I’ve never used truvia
Love this! I first heard about hummingbird cake at a restaurant in Charleston… makes me want to be southern. 😉
I’m new to Paleo and really appreciate your site!! Love your sense of humor too!! I have Ulcerative Colitis and going Gluten free because of it. I made your Chocolate muffins and they were wonderful! I’m .making the Hummingbird cake into muffins. I didn’t have the Tapioca powder, so used more coconut flour…….anxious to see how they turn out!!