I have professed my love for Persimmons over and over again in my Eggless Persimmon Cake Loaf and a seasonal Persimmon Salad I created last winter. Though I love eating them raw without much fuss, I do love to try one recipe with them when they are in season. My father in law gets loads of Persimmons or Japani Fruit as it is called locally every winter. He has a friend who travels for business to Kullu and Leh twice every month and he gets about 10 kg for us on every visit. So you can imagine my joy with so many of these juicy incredible fruits from the orchards of Kullu.
It is a joy to add fruits to your desserts, don’t they just perk everything up. I had already tried to make cake loaf last fall, so I decided to make another favorite kind of fruit cake – Upside Down Cakes. I make Pineapple Upside Down cake a lot and shared the recipe for a Peach Upside Cake this Summer which is also wonderful. Now it was the turn of trying it with the gorgeous Persimmons and here it is – an Eggless Upside Down Persimmon and Olive Oil Cake.
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
COOKING TIME: 45 minutes
SERVINGS: 10-12 slices
DIFFICULTY SCALE: Medium
INGREDIENTS:
- Persimmons – 2 ripe ones and 2 firm ones
- All-purpose flour –2 cups
- Milk powder – ¼ cup
- Olive oil – 1 cup
- Curd – ¾ cup
- Sugar – 1 ¼ cups
- Vanilla Extract – 2-3 drops
- Baking powder – ½ teaspoon
- Baking soda – ½ teaspoon
- Pecans – 10-12
- Walnuts – 10-12
- Pumpkin Seeds – 2 tablespoons
- Cinnamon Powder – ¼ teaspoon
- Nutmeg Powder – a pinch
- Ginger Powder – ¼ teaspoon
- Salt – a pinch
UTENSILS/EQUIPMENT:
RECIPE:
- Dry roasts some walnuts, pecans, and pumpkin seeds on low heat. Keep stirring constantly so that they don’t brown and burn.

2. Take a big mixing bowl and sieve the all-purpose flour, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg powders, milk powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
3. In a grinder jar, add 1 ¼ cups of sugar and grind it into a fine powder. Then add the pulp of 2 ripe Persimmons and ½ cup of curd and make a puree.
4. Add this puree to the dry ingredients and mix them with a whisk with light hands. Mix a few drops of vanilla extract too.
5. The dry fruits would have cooled down a bit, crush them roughly and add them to the batter as well.

6. Preheat the oven/OTG at 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
7. Dice two firm Persimmons into thin pieces and peel the skin off.
8. Line the cake mould with butter paper and sprinkle with some sugar. Place some persimmon slices next to each other.
9. Pour in the batter and tap it to level the batter and remove all air bubbles.
10. Place it in the pre-heated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes and then turn down the heat slightly to 160 degree Celsius for the last 15 minutes.
11. Let the cake cool slightly before cutting it.
Take a big fat slice of this Eggless Upside Down Persimmon and Olive oil Cake and enjoy!

Deeksha Pathak
Fresh fruit cakes are sure a delightful dessert during festive atmosphere!!!
Nisha Sharma
Very well said, I am a big fan of seasonal fruits
Sheree
You could presumably use other fruit?
Nisha Sharma
Oh yes, this similar recipe works well for peaches, oranges, apples and pineapples too. Might be more options too, but those are the ones I have tried (without the dry fruits in them)
Sheree
Thanks Nisha
Jaya
Looks luscious!
Nisha Sharma
Thank you Jaya
besondersite
Oh it looks lovelyyy! 😍
Nisha Sharma
Thanks so much 😀
Nisha
Fruit cakes are always delicious , this looks great !
Megala
Looks beautiful & sounds delicious! Seems to be a perfect treat for this winter.
Nisha Sharma
Thank you so much hon
Letscookwithtina
Yummy
Nisha Sharma
Thanks Tina🧡😀