Best Persimmon Brunch Cake Recipes

PERSIMMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Stir in persimmon pulp, oil, melted butter, and eggs until well incorporated; stir in walnuts.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan. Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour, 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; return cake to wire rack, and let cool completely, about 2 hours. Dust with powdered sugar.

PERSIMMON AND CINNAMON CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch rectangle pan with 1 teaspoon of the butter. In a medium-size non-reactive saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add the brown sugar, persimmons, and the lemon juice. Saute the mixture for 2 to 3 minutes, or until softened. In a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in the water. Add to the persimmon mixture and cook, stirring, until it thickens, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. In a large mixing bowl, cream 1/4 pound (1 stick) of the butter and the light brown sugar with an electric mixer. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Into a medium-size mixing bowl, sift 3 1/2 cups of the flour, the baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon, and the salt. Add the flour mixture, buttermilk, and vanilla to the butter mixture and beat with the electric mixer until everything is incorporated. In another medium-size mixing bowl, combine the remaining 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, the remaining 1/2 cup flour, the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Using your hands, combine the mixture until it resembles fine crumbs. Spread half of the batter in the prepared pan. Spread the persimmon mixture over the batter. Drop heaping spoonfuls of the remaining batter over the persimmon mixture, about 1-inch apart. Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly over the surface. Put the cake pan on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly. In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, dark Karo, and milk until smooth. Drizzle the frosting over the top of the coffee cake. Cut into slices and serve warm.

PERSIMMON BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F.
• Butter and flour Bundt pan.
• Peel persimmons.
• Press pulp through coarse sieve into medium bowl.
• Measure 1 1/3 cups persimmon puree into small bowl.
• Mix baking soda into puree and set aside.
• Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until blended (mixture will be grainy).
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix in vanilla.
• Sift flour, cinnamon, salt, allspice and cloves into butter mixture; blend well using rubber spatula.
• Mix in persimmon mixture, walnuts and currants.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake cake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• Cook cake in pan on rack 5 minutes.
• Turn out cake onto rack; cool completely.
• Sift confectioners' sugar over cake.

PERSIMMON UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
• Place the margarine and brown sugar in the cake pan and transfer the pan to the hot oven until the sugar is melted and bubbly, about 5 minutes. Remove from the oven; arrange the persimmon slices over the topping in the cake pan.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Stir in the persimmon pulp. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Gradually add the flour mixture to the batter, stirring just to mix. The batter will be stiff, since the only liquid comes from the persimmon pulp. Stir in the pecans and lemon zest.
• Spoon the cake batter evenly over the persimmon slices and return the cake pan to the preheated oven. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting the cake right-side-up on a serving platter.