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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I’m trying to reduce sugar,
can i use maple syrup? also , can i reduce the amount? don’t the bananas give a lot of sweetness?
if you use maple syrup, don’t use much because that may be too much liquid for the bread
Can I use all coconut flour instead of coconut and tapioca? Should I jut put in a cup of coconut flour or reduce the amount of coconut flour?
it will probably be pretty dense if you do that
This is amazing! I just whipped some up, and my husband and I loved it. I was tired of pumpkin muffins – his favorite – and wanted something different. So glad I found you and your tasty recipes. I didn’t have coconut oil, so I used extra-virgin olive oil. Also, thanks for the parchment paper tip. I use it for so many things, and the bread came right out of the pan. Makes for an easy clean up.
This is delicious – thank you !! I am going to cut up slices for traveling this week.
I just made this loaf today – put pumpkin puree in place of bananas and skipped the pineapples (my kids love pineapple on its own but will not touch cake/muffines etc. with pineapple chunks). WOW – delicious!!!!! Next time I would like to make it without sugar…..anyone try that? What about honey or maple syrup in place of sugar? Would that make it too moist?
If subbing in pumpkin for banana, how much would I use? Also, would flax eggs work in this? Thanks!
probably about 3/4 cup would work
Very yummy! Used agave nectar instead of the coconut sugar, 1 banana and two eggs as that was all I had. Will definitely make again.
Made this once & it was loved. About to make it again subbing applesauce for coconut oil – hope it’s not a disaster!
Dude. This recipe is so damn amazing, I would like to find you and give you a big hug. I just made into muffins and um….wow. Amazing. Thank times a million!
From one female to another…. Thank you for this…. This has comforted me when my monthly friend has been a huge B! Freakin delicious!!!