This hummingbird cake is either your favorite cake or you’ve never heard of it, depending on where you’re from! But you only need to make it once to fall in love with it. This tried-and-true crowd-pleaser is very sweet, but bananas, pineapples, and pecans give it a lot more exotic, tropical sweetness. When combined with an extra-light cream cheese frosting, it really is the ideal dessert.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 32 |
Ingredients
- 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, divided
- ¾ pound cooked pulled pork, or any diced, cooked pork
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®), drained
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix
- 4 ounces crumbled cotija cheese
- 1 jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 avocado, sliced (Optional)
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro, or more to taste (Optional)
- 1 lime, cut into wedges (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Cut a 13×18-inch piece of parchment paper; place on a work surface. Unroll crescent roll dough and place on the parchment paper, slightly overlapping the long sides of the two pieces of dough.
- Lightly flour a rolling pin; roll over the overlapping dough edges and over the perforations to create one 12×17-inch seamless piece of dough. Carefully lift the parchment paper with dough and fit into a 13×18-inch metal sheet pan.
- Sprinkle 1 cup shredded Cheddar evenly over the dough; follow with pulled pork. Scatter drained beans and drained RO-TEL® over pulled pork; sprinkle on green onions, taco seasoning, and remaining 1 cup Cheddar cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and the visible edges of the crescent dough are browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove to a wire rack. Sprinkle crumbled cotija cheese over all.
- Scatter jalapeño slices, avocado slices, and chopped cilantro over if using.
- Cut into 32 squares with a sharp knife or a pizza cutter; place on a warmed serving platter with lime wedges, if using.
- Use RO-TEL® Original or Hot, whichever you prefer.
- Use hot or mild purchased taco seasoning, or make your own, from one of the recipes on the site.