Chai Persimmon Cake

Hi friends. Cant believe it’s the end of 2016. This year was filled with sweet memories of travel to my favorite places ( Paris, London , India ) , meeting family , wonderful moments with friends and loved ones and also starting this blog where I share my love of food and fashion. Although I was not able to post as much I wanted to ,as I work full time and was busy with other commitments , I hope in 2017  i will be able to give more time to this space. Its not the cooking which takes time but finding the right time to take photographs , editing them and writing up. So, to end the year on a sweet note my last recipe is a delicious cake recipe with my favorite ingredients.

Chai is something I Am addicted to I should say 😊. One evening after a tiring day , relaxing and sipping chai along with relishing vanilla cake slice ,thought in my head why not add this sweet , flavorful  concoction in a cake .So the next day I baked  this delicious , sweet goodness and took it to work ,which was a big hit. To add more moisture and softness added persimmon puree which complements the chai and cardamom flavors so well. Its almost the end of persimmon season and I can’t get enough of them 😀 He he. You could substitute the persimmon puree with apple puree too (  Just  core the apple , cut up into pieces , boil till soft and puree them )  . Do try this recipe, you will be surprised how flavorful and delicious this cake is.

Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year filled with love , family , friendships and overall happiness and peace in whatever you are doing and wherever you are.

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Chai Persimmon Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All purpose Flour
  • 1.5 sticks butter ( 3/4 cup)
  • 1.5 cups Sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cup Persimmon puree ( purée from Hachiya persimmons )
  • 3/4 cup Chai  ( premade chai liquid)
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Baking powder.

To make chai

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 -2 black tea bag ( depending on how strong you like )
  • 4 whole cardamoms crushed to powder

Directions

  • Boil water in a sauce pan and add the tea bags and crushed cardamom for  3 mins on medium heat  . Now add milk and boil until it turns brick red color and reduced to 3/4 cup . Turn it off,remove the tea bags and set aside to cool to room temperature
  • Pre heat the oven to 350*F. Mix flour, baking soda and baking powder and set aside. Spray a 9 inch bundt pan and set aside.
  • In a bowl Beat Butter and sugar with an electric beater until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat for a min or  two. Add half of the flour and mix for 2 mins .
  • Next Add persimmon purée , chai liquid and remaining flour and mix for 2-3 mins until well incorporated. Pour the batter into the sprayed bundt pan and bake at 350*F for 55-60 mins .
  • Let cool to room temperature and invert it onto a Cake stand. Dust  confectioners sugar and serve it as dessert or with a cup of chai or coffee.

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Thanks for stopping by .

Rajini

2 thoughts on “Chai Persimmon Cake”

  1. shalini says:
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    Hi akka the cake looks so beautiful and elegant,i wish i could eat the whole cake 😀.
    I am so amazed and proud of your work, eagerly waiting for next post.

    Like

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