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Persimmon Pudding Cake or Pone

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Persimmon Pudding Cake or Pone (click here for recipe with metric measurements)

This recipe, was offered by W.F. Fletcher (1915) in "The Native Persimmon".  It was referenced as having come from a publication by Troop and Hadley from 1896 referenced below.  This recipe had NO INSTRUCTIONS.

Ingredients:

 1 Pint persimmon pulp (2 Cups)
1 Cup sugar
1 quart of sweet milk
3 Cups flour
1 teaspoonful ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder

Persimmon Pudding Cake or Pone (metric measurements)

This recipe, was offered by W.F. Fletcher (1915) in "The Native Persimmon".  It was referenced as having come from a publication by Troop and Hadley from 1896 referenced below.  This recipe had NO INSTRUCTIONS.

Ingredients:

 480 ml persimmon pulp
200 g sugar
950 ml of sweet milk
360 g flour
5 ml ground cinnamon
10 ml baking powder

Bibliography:

Fletcher, W. F.  1915.  The Native Persimmon.  Farmer's Bulletin 685.  United States Department of Agriculture.  Government Printing Office, Washinton, D.C.  25 pp.

Troop, J.; Hadley, O. M. 1896. The American Persimmon.  Purdue Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 60, Purdue, IN. 7:43-51.