Kardea Brown Gives Hummingbird Cake The Cookie Treatment In Her Take On The Old School Dessert - Chowhound

Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images Unless you've spent much time in the Southern United States, you may not be overly familiar with hummingbird cake. While it's by no means a forgotten nostalgic cake, it is a dessert with strong regional ties and a fascinating history dating back to the 1960s, when the Jamaican Tourist Board started promoting it (among other recipes and attractions) in efforts to boost the island's…