Persimmon Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup crisco (vegetable shortening)
• 3 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 cup cherries, halved
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 2 cups raisins
• 2 cups persimmons (mashed)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 beat sugar and crisco together.
• 2 add eggs.
• 3 beat well.
• 4 add dry ingredients.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 (dough will be rather stiff).
• 7 add nuts, raisins and cherries.
• 8 add persimmons last and beat well.
• 9 bake in tube or bundt pan for 2 hours in a preheated 350ºf oven.
• 10 test after 1 and 3/4 hours.
• 11 or bake in 2 loaf pans 3/4 full approximately 1 and 3/4 hours.