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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Yay! A recipe without almond flour. My kids are allergic to nuts and I’m sensitive to it. Can’t wait to try
I made this yesterday. omgomgomg is this awesome!.
made this exactly as recipe called for and was AMAZED at how delicious it is! Thank you : )
This recipe is so easy yet so good!
Soooo good- just made it as muffins and they are amazing! Prob could frost them and turn them into cupcakes :). This is some of the most moist paleo baking I have had. I was skeptical when I saw 1/2 c coconut flour, Butkus fears were proven wrong 🙂
So I made this yesterday only because I had leftover pineapple from another paleo recipe. To be honest, I wasn’t too excited for this (I made muffins instead of bread)… and to be honest, I must be really stupid for not being excited – cuz these are some of the best paleo muffins I’ve made yet!
Woot – add pineapple to a staple I keep in the pantry – cuz these are being made again!!
Thanks Juli!
Have made this twice–once as a loaf and yesterday I made muffins! Really delicious! Have passed the recipe on to a friend and he made cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! Delicious! Thank you!
Made this and it turned out great! It was gone in a day with my family! All of your baked goods that I have tried have turned out perfect! Thank you!
I had just about given up on baking any kind of Paleo bread. Everything I made came out dry and gross and I loathe almond flour, so that limits you a lot with Paleo baking. This recipe was so easy and it came out amazing. The banana and the pineapple really make the bread. Sooo good. Will sub arrowroot next time, as it’s technically more Paleo than tapioca (even though tapioca flour is the best for baking!). I didn’t find that having a 1/2 cup of coconut sugar made it too sweet, and the loaf is big so you’re not eating a ton of sugar if you have a small piece (which is filling). I would like to try with maple sugar for a different flavor (they sell it at Trader Joe’s, but I also saw it at my local Stop & Shop if you don’t have a TJ’s). Thanks so much. I was saying to my husband that every recipe I try from your site is a winner. Please keep up the good work! You make planning dinners fun!
that song is siq make a playlist please
I wish my spin class would play greyhound they play this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk16yKcaHuE lol