Lucille Ball's Persimmon Cake
Created by dienia b on July 20, 2015
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 90m
- Recipe #20253
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups puree persimmon (pulp)
- 1 cups raisins
- 4 cups cake flour (sifted)
- 1 orange (grated rind of 1 orange)
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups walnuts, chopped
- 1 cups dates, finely chopped
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter.
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Step 2: Add persimmon pulp, nuts, raisin, dates and orange peel; mix well.
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Step 3: Sift flour with baking soda, baking powder and spices.
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Step 4: Add flour mixture alternately with milk beginning and ending with flour.
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Step 5: Stir in vanilla.
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Step 6: Turn batter into 2 well-greased loaf pans and bake approx.
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Step 7: 1 1/2 hours at 300 degrees F.
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Step 8: Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
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Step 9: Garnish, if you’d like, with glazed fruits and nuts.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (104.6 g)
- Calories 268
- Total Fat - 8.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.8 g
- Cholesterol - 4.9 mg
- Sodium - 286.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 46.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.1 g
- Sugars - 27.4 g
- Protein - 5.3 g
- Calcium - 84.6 mg
- Iron - 1.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg