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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Hahaha, I saw the title of this post and thought, “Oh weird, the only time I’ve ever heard of hummingbird bread is at work. I wonder if this one’s the same.” Yeah, I work at Devil’s Food! How funny!
that’s awesome!! i go there all the time!! just went there this morning for coffee!
Health issues are driving me away from carbs & sugars and I’m interested in the solutions offered by paleo foods. Please forgive me if I break any rules or tread on any toes with a question about what seems to be an obvious omission here. Paleo breads aren’t bad at all and some, like this one, are actually quite good but they all seem to be so dense. Is there some cardinal rule which forbids the use of a rising agent – yeast or baking powder – to lighten up the loaf? Would they even work here? Or is that those are two ingredients that the paleo diet attempts to avoid.
i’m really not sure. i haven’t tried that
Juli,
This recipe rocks!
When we all go back to Crested Butte, we’ll have to make this together. Too bad we will not be able to rent out that awesome yellow house that Amy & Travis got married in. Love you! Love your site! You ROCK!!!
Love your site.. as a celiac and fellow Crossfitter (Cross Fit Wash Park) your recipes rock but I know they’re going to work in Denver!
Can or has this been made with almond flour?
I haven’t tried that
I made this with coconut flour and almond flour and it turned out perfect! Except that I teetered on the edge of putting in too much honey, Right now it’s very moist, which is delicious, but any more and it would have ruined the cake. Thanks so much for this, used walnuts instead of pecans and it is amazing!
Just made this today..it is AMAZING!!
I LOVE this. I’m making more now.I may be eating too much of it. Do you know the nutrition info?
Juli,
I am new to paleo and LOVE this recipe!! Also love love love your website and tell all my friends/family about it. Can’t wait to try another recipe of yours.
OMG! This was absolutely the most delicious thing ever! I found you about a week or two ago, and I’ve been trying out some of your recipes. I’ve loved them all, but this. Is. Amazing!!!! I actually subbed honey instead of the coconut sugar, and left out an egg. It was nice and moist but not too much so, and just absolutely delicious. LOVE your website and your recipes! We also just bought your book! Thanks for all the awesome recipes!
” remember her? she gone” I lol’d. Love your post. When I get to my goal weight I be on this like white on rice-that-I-don’t-eat-anymore (Paleo no0b, right here)