Persimmon Cake with Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

Ingredients

• Melted butter
• Flour
• 1 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup full cream milk
• 2 eggs
• 3 - 4 very ripe original or sweet persimmons - you need
• 1 1/2 cups of puree
• 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or natural vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour, sifted
• 1/2 tsp baking powder, sifted
• 2 tsp bi-carb of soda, sifted
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• Generous pinch of ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Special Equipment: 26cm fluted ring tin
• 125g cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted
• 1 tbs lemon juice
• 50g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste, or natural vanilla extract (optional)
• 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecan nuts