Persimmon Almond and Bundt Cake
Warren MendesIngredients:
Serves: 10
- 400-500g weight of ripe persimmon
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 ¼ cup caster sugar
- 250g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 4 XL eggs, at room temp
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp vanilla bean extract
- 300g (2 cups) self raising flour
- 100g almond meal
Yoghurt Drizzle:
- 1 ¼ cup icing sugar, sifted
- ¼ cup thick Greek style yoghurt
Method:
- Butter a 23cm bundt pan and set aside. Preheat the oven to 170 conventional.
- Place the drained apricot, honey, sugar, in a large bowl and use a stick blender to break down the fruit. Add the butter, eggs, vinegar, oil, vanilla and a pinch of salt and process to combine until smooth. Fold through the flour and almond meal using a large spoon or spatula then pour into a well greased 23cm bundt pan.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes then invert onto a cooling rack.
- For the icing, combine the yoghurt and icing sugar. Once the cake has cooled, drizzle over the icing and serve.
Our friends at Wine Selectors suggest pairing this dish with a Late harvest Riesling.
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