Persimmon Spice Cake Recipe

American Cakes

Ingredients:

4 to 6 very ripe, soft persimmons, yeilding 1 1/4 cup pureed pulp
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 3/4 cups unsifted flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each fresh nutmeg and ground cloves
1/2 cup walnuts
1 tsp each orange and lemon zest

Directions:

Puree persimmons until smooth and stir in baking soda. Mix well. It will set. Weird but not to worry.

Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and persimmon mixture. Combine flour and spices and add to persimmon
mixture. Blend well, stir in nuts and zest. Spoon into a 9 inch greased cake pan. Bake at 350 for about 40 or more until knife comes out clean.

Before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar

This recipe can be increased with no adverse effects, except perhaps your waistline. The cake freezes well, although don't powder sugar until it's time to serve. The original recipe calls for 2 tsp of baking powder, to be added with the flour. However, it was rather serendipitous that our baker over looked it. The resulting cake is very moist and dense but not too heavy. You can try with the baking powder if you want. But our version omits it.

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: nevadaweb.com
Submitted By: Karen Bradley
karen@bradley.com
Persimmon Spice Cake