• 2 cups flour
• 1 teasp baking powder
• 1 teasp baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup currants or golden raisins
• 1 cup persimmon pulp

Mix Flour through salt.  Cream white sugar, 1/2 cup of brown sugar with butter in separate bowl.  Mix in eggs, buttermilk, flour mixture, dried fruit** and persimmon*.

Pour into a 9x13 pan and cook 40 mins or until done.

* Don't have persimmon? Try using applesauce or dates.

**Try keeping your dried fruit in a jar in which you pour sherry about 1/4 of the way up the jar.  This will make your dried fruit be really moist and plump.