Fresh Persimmon Cake Recipe

Ingredients (23)

• For the Cake:
• Baking spray
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean pod, seeds scraped out
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
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• For the Icing:
• 3/4 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean pod, seeds scraped out
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
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• For the Persimmons:
• 2 ripe but firm fuyu persimmons
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt