PERSIMMON APPLE CAKE

Persimmon Apple cake image

Provided by Karina Alcala

Categories Cakes

Time 1h25m

Number Of Ingredients 17

5 apples golden delicious or your favorite
1 c persimmon pulp
1 stick butter melted
1 orange juiced and zested
1 lemon juiced and zested
1 c milk
2 eggs
2 c sugar
1 tsp salt
2 3/4 c all purpose flour
2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/4 tsp cloves ground
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 c chopped pecans or your favorite nut

Steps:

1. In a bowl sift flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg ,baking soda and baking powder set aside. Wash and peel your apples set 2 apples aside dice the remaining apples into small size pieces. Slice the 2 apples in to slices and in a skillet add 1 tsp butter, apples and 1 tbs. sugar soften for about 5 minutes and put aside.
2. Grease your cake pan or spray it arrange the softened apples at the bottom of your pan evenly. In a mixer or in a large bowl add melted butter, sugar, eggs and persimmon pulp. Mix until well combined add orange zest and juice and lemon zest and juice mix again until well combined. Add dry ingredient a little at a time alternating milk and flour mixture mix in nuts and diced apples. Pour batter into the cake pan.
3. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour or if you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean. Let cool 30 minutes and turn over on a cake platter. Enjoy right away. Not only is this cake beautiful to look at but delicious as well and cuts beautifully. I would check the cake around the 50 minute mark. When you are baking this cake it will smell amazing all through the house.