hummingbird cake

noun

A banana-pineapple spice cake (often with cream cheese frosting) popular in Jamaica, where it originated, and in the southern United States.

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Meanings

nounhummingbird cake (countable and uncountable, plural hummingbird cakes)

plural hummingbird cakes

  1. countableuncountableA banana-pineapple spice cake (often with cream cheese frosting) popular in Jamaica, where it originated, and in the southern United States.

Origin

Named after Jamaica's national bird, the doctor bird, a variety of streamertail hummingbird.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hummingbird cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hummingbird%20cake.

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