The big day is finally here! Yep, its Thanksgiving! The one day we look forward to all year long when we can eat all we want and not worry about our waistlines. I'm so thankful for elastic waistbands {smile}.
Seriously, I'm thankful for so much more than elastic waistbands. I'm thankful for friends, family, my career, my four-legged babies, and you.
Especially you, because without you, I would not be able to share my recipes. And I love to share what I make in the kitchen and know someone else out there is enjoying it too!
I wanted to share this recipe with you before Thanksgiving but I didn't have a chance to between work and cooking. And it's still November so pumpkin recipes are still in season, right? Because I love me some pumpkin and two months just isn't enough time to get them all in.
Anyways this isn't just pumpkin. This is pumpkin with persimmons and walnuts.
Ever since I made that Bourbon and Brown Sugar Sauce with pecans, I've been adding nuts to everything I make. And this pound cake is no exception with walnuts in the batter and in the brown sugar and bourbon sauce that you drizzle over the top, making this pound cake scrumptious.
So scrumptious that you won't even care if pumpkin season has passed. But don't take my word for it, try it yourself and let me know what you think.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pumpkin Persimmon Walnut Pound Cake
Ingredients for Pound Cake
2 and ¾ cup granulated sugar
1 and ½ cups butter, softened to
room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon sea salt
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon allspice
1 can pure pumpkin puree
Flesh of 4 persimmons - skinned, seeded, and pureed
1 Tablespoon water
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
Ingredients for dusting pans*
2 Tablespoons flour
Dash cinnamon
Dash of ginger
Dash of allspice
Directions for dusting pans*
In a small bowl, mix ingredients
together with a fork and lightly dust pans after spraying with non-stick
cooking spray.
Directions for making Pound Cake
Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Generously spray 2 bread pans, 9 ¼”
x 5 ½”with non-stick spray.
Lightly dust pans with approximately
2 Tablespoons flour mixed with a dash of cinnamon, ginger, and allspice*. Making
sure entire inside area of pan is dusted. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, add dry
ingredients together. Set aside.
Place ½ can of pumpkin puree with
1 Tablespoon water into a blender or food processor. Add in persimmon flesh and
puree until persimmons are no longer chunky. Pour into a small bowl with
remaining half of pumpkin puree and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, add sugar
and butter. Beat until fluffy.
Add in vanilla.
Beat in eggs, one at a time until
blended.
Gradually add dry ingredients and
pumpkin persimmon mix to butter and egg mixture, alternating between dry
ingredients and pumpkin persimmon mix when adding. Mixing well after each
addition.
Gently fold in walnuts and mix throughout.
After all ingredients are
blended, pour into prepared pans and place into oven.
Cook for approximately 60-75
minutes or until knife inserted into middle of loaf comes out clean.* Time will
vary depending on your oven.
Remove from oven and gently insert
a butter knife and run along the edges of pan, loosening loaf from the pan. Let
cool for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, loosen edges
once more with butter knife and invert pan over a wire rack and gently remove
loaf from pan. You might have to tap bottom of pan to help ease out loaf.
Once loaf slides out of pan,
gently turn over and let cool.
Brown Sugar, Bourbon, & Walnut
Sauce
Ingredients for Sauce
2 cups brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 and 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
1 and 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
6 to 8 Tablespoons bourbon (3 to 4 ounces)
Directions for sauce
In a medium saucepan, add brown sugar, melted
butter, cream. Stir well.
Place over medium to low heat and
cook until sauce is smooth in texture, stirring continuously.
After sauce becomes smooth,
remove from heat and add in vanilla, sea salt, walnuts, and bourbon. Mix well. Serve warm over Pumpkin Persimmon Walnut Pound Cake.
Inspired by ~ Pillsbury Pumpkin Pound Cake with Walnut Sauce
*Helpful Hints*
- You can leave bourbon out for non-alcoholic version of sauce.
- *Pound cake is very moist due to combination of pumpkin and persimmons. The texture will resemble a slow cooker cake, moist and crumbly. Just make sure knife comes out clean with no batter when testing readiness.
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