Persimmon Pudding (cake)
PERSIMMON PUDDING (CAKE)
There are a couple of versions of Persimmon Pudding. The cake version comes out more like a thick cake that is cut into squares. The stirred version is a very thick pudding.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Persimmon Pulp
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 4 tbsp. butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put pulp and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Mix well.
- Beat in eggs. Put buttermilk and baking soda together into a small bowl and stir. Add to pulp and mix well.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt into a medium bowl. Gradually add to pulp, stirring until well combined. Add heavy cream, and mix well.
- Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish with some of the butter. Stir remaining butter into batter.
- Pour batter into dish. Bake until brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. About 45 minutes to 1 hour.