DAVIDSON CAKE BAKEOFF YEAR THREE

Well, it's that time of year again.

The Davidson Family Cake Bakeoff.

This is our third year and my sister,

Susan chose the cake.

Hummingbird cake

I had never tasted hummingbird cake,

and I had certainly never made one.

I have now!!!

I looked around the Internet for a recipe,

and found the traditional cakes were all

pretty much the same.

I chose to use the recipe in the 

1978 Southern Living magazine, one of the first times

it was introduced to American cooks.

The cake was easy enough although it took me

triple the time to bake because once again

I was using our toaster oven.

BUT THE FROSTING...

I literally thought I was going to 

burn the motor up 

on my Mom's harvest gold1970 hand mixer.

Two packages of cream cheese.

Two sticks of butter.

Two boxes of powdered sugar.

I'll be wiping cream cheese frosting off the walls

for the next three weeks.

It all came together

and was delicious.

And, by the way made a perfect

birthday cake for my Mom's 

89th birthday.