Hummingbird Hydrangea Cake

Hummingbird Cake is one of my favorites!  It seems I’m often looking for an excuse to bake this traditionally Southern cake…pineapple, bananas, and cinnamon.  What a delicious combination.

I needed to take cupcakes to a thing on Monday, but just about a dozen.  This particular batter makes quite a bit of cake so I knew it wouldn’t be a problem to bake a small cake and bake the cupcakes.

Again, thinking ahead to Spring, I wanted something colorful.  Last summer we traveled to Venice, Italy and Murano Island – many planters and small patches of available land were covered with amazing Hydrangeas in bloom.  Yep.  That was colorful.

[photo: http://www.thecandlelab.com/]

Then I began piping on the flowers in small clusters of two or three.  I worked alternating among four colors: lavender, blue, pink, and tangerine.  I kept aiming for balance and I think over-all I might have gotten there.

I’m not quite sure I got them just right on this one, but I can practice again.

It’s a simple presentation, but I think it’s working.