Persimmon Walnut Coffee Cake Recipes

PERSIMMON COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter, sour cream, vanilla persimmon pulp, sugar and eggs together.
• Add flour, baking powder, salt and mix well.
• Mix topping ingredients and set aside.
• Spread half of the batter into a greased tube pan; sprinkle half of topping mixture over batter.
• Spread remaining half of batter into pan and add remainder of topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees until done about 30 minutes but this will depend on the moisture content of the persimmons.

PERSIMMON-WALNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour a 9" springform pan.
• Mix brown sugar and 1 Tbs flour in a small bowl.
• Press persimmons into a pulp into the bowl and mix.
• (see above comments.) In a medium bowl mix together 2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
• In a large bowl beat butter with an electric beater in medium-high for 20 seconds.
• Mix in sugar and vanilla.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each.
• Add flour mixture and sour cream to the butter mixture, alternately, beating until just combined after each addition.
• (Your batter will be stiff) Spread half of batter into pan, building up a 1" rim of batter around the edges.
• Pour persimmon mixture into this crust.
• Carefully spoon remaining batter in small mounds to cover persimmon mixture.
• For Walnut Streusel: In a medium bowl stir together flour, sugar and cinnamon.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Sprinkle this over your batter.
• Bake about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• The filling will sink as the cake bakes.
• Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove springform sides.
• Let cool completely on rack.

PERSIMMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a bowl, set aside. Whisk together the eggs, persimmon pulp, milk, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl until smooth. Fold the persimmon mixture into the flour mixture until no dry lumps remain. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before icing.

WALNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., For the topping, combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over coffee cake. , Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

COFFEE WALNUT LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch cake pans, and line base of each with parchment paper. In food processor, combine 1/2 cup walnut pieces and sugar. Process to a fine powder. Add butter, flour, baking powder, salt and eggs. Process to a smooth batter.
• Add 2 tablespoons milk to coffee mixture and pour this down feed tube with motor running. Mixture should be just soft enough to drop from a spoon; if not, add more milk. Divide cake batter between two pans. Bake until risen and springy to touch, about 25 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and place on rack. Remove parchment paper. Cool completely. You may want to level them if they domed in the oven.
• For frosting: Place confectioners' sugar and salt in food processor and pulse until lump-free. Add butter and process until smooth. Add coffee mixture down feed tube and pulse until well blended.
• Place one cake upside down on a plate or cake stand. Spread with about half the frosting. Place second cake right side up on frosting, and cover top and sides in a swirly pattern. Place a walnut half in center of cake, and gently press remaining halves into top of cake, around the edge.