Persimmon Cake

At first i was really skeptical about making a persimmon cake because, well, i HATE persimmons. It was my moms idea to make it because a friend of ours gave us a huge baskett of persimmons. So i made it thinking it would turn out really gross but it was actually pretty delicious. I made my own spin on it by adding in a sweet lemon glaze on top.

Persimmon Cake


For the Cake:
♥3 cups of pureed persimmons
♥2 tsp baking soda
♥1 1/2 cup butter
♥1 1/3 cup sugar
♥2 eggs
♥2 tsp lemon juice
♥2 tsp vanilla
♥2 cups flour
♥3/4 tsp salt
♥1 tsp baking powder
♥1/2 tsp ground cloves
♥1 tsp cinnamon
♥1/2 tsp nutmeg
To make the Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12 cup capacity Bundt pan or a 9"x13" pyrex or casserole dish.
In a bowl, add baking soda and chopped persimmons and set aside. In a stand mixer, hand mixer, or another bowl, blend butter and sugar until creamy. Then add eggs, lemon juice, vanilla, flour, salt, baking powder, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix until well combined. Add persimmon mixture into the batter and mix together until blended. Pour mixture into the pan and bake for 55 to 60 until done. Cool in pan for 15 minutes then turn over and release cake from the pan.
When the cake is cool drizzle with the lemon glaze. (recipe follows)

Lemon Glaze:

♥1 cup of powdered sugar
♥1 tablespoon of water
♥2 teaspoons of lemon juice

In a bowl combine the powdered sugar, water and lemon juice. Mix until smooth