In 1978, Southern Living printed L.H. Wiggins’s hummingbird cake recipe; it was voted the magazine’s favorite in 1990 and is the most requested in its history

Mrs. L.H. Wiggins’ beloved hummingbird cake recipe has earned a place in Southern Living’s history since the magazine first published her step-by-step recipe in 1978.

Decades later, it was voted the magazine’s most requested recipe.

Submitted by the late Eva Wiggins, who worked at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the recipe appeared in the February 1978 issue of Southern Living…

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