Lucille Ball'S Christmas Persimmon Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. persimmon pulp
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
4 c. sifted cake flour
4 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. each: cloves, allspice and nutmeg
1 c. milk
1 c. seedless raisins
1 c. chopped dates
2 c. chopped walnuts
3 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Cream together butter and sugar; beat in vanilla.
Add persimmon pulp and orange rind; mix well.
Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and spices.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
Mix in walnuts, raisins and dates.
Turn batter into 2 well-greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 3/4 hours (until cake tester comes out clean).
Turn out onto wire rack. Garnish, if desired, with fruit and nuts down middle of loaf. Makes 2 loaf cakes.