Hummingbird Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I must admit I voted more than once for hummingbird cupcakes (It's my poll, and I'll abuse it if I want to)! I was very excited when it was the WINNER! The process of putting these together was much like a muffin... no electric mixer needed. They were extremely easy to make, and the batter was thick and delicious. The cupcake is very moist, dense, and yummy. They don't even need frosting!

wet, dry, and "chunky" ingredientsWhile my cupcakes are baking, I usually get impatient. Sometimes I even sit on the floor in front of the oven and watch them rise! I had a little batter leftover, so I put it in a teacup and popped it in the microwave. About a minute later, I had a substance that looked like cake and kinda tasted like cake (with a "this was cooked in the microwave" aftertaste).Finally something that actually looks like a cupcake comes out of my oven! The house smelled so good (like banana bread) while these were cooling.a lovely dollop of cream cheese frosting (too much frosting overpowered the taste of the cupcake, I ended up scraping off all but a thin layer).

Thanks much to Chockylit at Cupcake Bakeshop for posting the cupcake recipe. There is no recipe for the cream cheese frosting, because I always just add a little of everything (cream cheese, butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla) until it's the consistency I want and it tastes right.

MY NOTES: I used walnuts (instead of pecans). They were done at around 22 minutes (instead of 25 minutes).

Hummingbird Cupcakes
makes 24 cupcakes

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
1 8oz can crushed pineapple, with liquid
2 mashed bananas
1 cup coursely chopped pecans

Preheat to 350'F
1. Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt with a whisk in a good sized bowl.
2. Beat eggs.
3. Add oil and vanilla to beaten eggs and mix until somewhat combined.
4. Add egg/oil/vanilla mixture to flour/sugar/baking soda/cinnamon/salt mixture.
5. Mix together pineapple, bananas, pecans until combined.
6. Add to the rest of ingredients and stir to combine.
7. Bake at for 25 minutes until golden and a cake tester comes out clean.