Lucille Ball's Persimmon Cake

In honor of I Love Lucy Christmas special airing tonight. From an interview appearing in Family Weekly 1971. Lucille Ball said she learned to make this cake from her mother.

Lucille Ball's Persimmon Cake

Serves 12

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

3 tablespoons butter

2 cups persimmon pulp

2 cups chopped walnut meats

1 cup seedless raisins

1 cup dates, chopped fine

Rind of one orange, grated

1 cup milk

4 cups sifted cake flour

2 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon cloves

½ teaspoon allspice

½ teaspoon nutmeg

4 teaspoons baking soda

3 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Mix all ingredients and bake in two large buttered loaf tins or 4 small ones for 1 ½ hours at 300 degrees F.

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