Ripe Now! Hachiya Persimmons I Only 4 markets left this year!

Thanks to Blossom Bluff Orchard, Kaki Farm, and Kashiwase Farm, the market are adorned with orange Hachiya persimmons as bright as holiday lights. Enjoying a Hachiya's honey-sweetness and warm notes of cinnamon requires patience. Leave them on your counter until they are soft, translucent, and jelly-like (when unripe, they are unpleasantly astringent). Or take the road less traveled and make hoshigaki, or Japanese air-dried Hachiyas often referred to as the “kobe beef of dried fruit." It's a slow, rewarding winter project fit for the foodie in your life. Kits like the one pictured above are available for sale at Blossom Bluff Orchard, and they're one of many unique gifts you'll find at the Berkeley Farmers' Markets until our last market on Saturday, December 23rd.

Easy Eating: Enjoy fresh persimmon pulp over yogurt and granola or, better yet, get baking! Persimmon Cookies, in addition to the cake below, are a great option for the holiday dessert table.

Perimmon Cake with Citrus Glaze

Ingredients

Cake

1 1/4 cups Hachiya persimmon pulp
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 cup softened butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp orange juice
1 Tbsp brandy or cognac

Icing

1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp orange juice

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Remove skin from persimmons and seed the fruit. Blend the pulp in a food processor or blender and set aside.
Mix all dry cake ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
Blend the sugar into the butter until creamy. Add the eggs, orange juice and cognac to the butter mixture and beat until fully incorporated.
Blend in the persimmon puree.
Add the flour mixture to the butter and persimmon mixture and mix until barely incorporated.
Grease a 9x13 pan and then spread the batter inside.
Bake for 20 - 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
To make the icing, mix the powdered sugar, orange juice and lemon juice in a bowl until you have a thick syrupy consistency. Add more juice or sugar to get your desired consistency.
When the cake is cooled, ice and enjoy!

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Current Vendors

Saturday Downtown Berkeley

Achadinha Cheese Co.

All Things Sharp

Andy's Thai

Avalos Farm

Bariani Olive Oil

Beber Almond Milk

Bolani

Billy Bob Orchards

Big Little Bowl

Bun Bao

C&M Farm

Cafe Zambala

Coracao

Dirty Girl Produce

Flying Disc Ranch

Four Sisters Farm

Frog Hollow Farm

Gattonelli

Good Faith Farm

Golden Rule Organics

Happy Boy Farms

Higher Land Coffee

Joodooboo Tofu

Kaki Farm

Kashiwase Farm

Laguna Garden Bakery

Lifefood Gardens

Little Fish

Massage

Morell's Bread

Obour Hummus

Pomo Tierra Orchard

Phoenix Pastificio

Primavera Tamales

Queen of Sheeba Honey

Riverdog Farm

Smit Farms

Solano Mushroom

Stepladder Creamery

Tamales La Oaxaqueña

Three Stone Hearth

~~Tony's Kettle Corn + Crepes (out every 1st Sat)~~

~~True Grass Farm~~

Vang Family Farm

VIO Pastry

Your Granola Garden

Tuesday South Berkeley

Andy's Thai

Alexandre Family Farm

~~Avalos Farm~~

Basecamp Bakery

Billy Bob Orchards

Brokaw Ranch

Bolani

Blossom Bluff Orchard

Donna's Tamales

Dirty Girl Produce

Farm Chocolate

Frog Hollow Farm

~~Full Belly Farm~~

Good Faith Farm

(every other week)

Kaki Farms

Kashiwase Farm

Lifefood Gardens

Little Fish Co.

Massa Organics

Oya Organics

Phoenix Pastificio

Queen of Sheeba Honey

Riverdog Farm

Roadside Rotisserie

Sea to Sky Farm

Silver Sky Ranch

Solano Mushroom

Soul Flower Farm

Smit Farms

Stepladder Creamery

The Fruit Tree

Three Stone Hearth

~~Yume Boshi~~

(every other week)

Thursday North Berkeley

All Things Sharp

Big Little Bowl

Blossom Bluff Orchards

Crane Creek Growers

Donna's Tamales

E&H Mushroom Farm

Farm Chocolate

Frog Hollow Farm

Golden Rule Organics

Little Fish

Massa Organics

Massage

Mendoza Organics

Morell's Bread

Phoenix Pastificio

Pomo Tierra Orchard

Riverdog Farm

Roadside Rotisserie

Saltie Co. Granola new!

The Fruit Tree

Uplands Apiary

Wise Jun Kombucha

*Lists subject to change. Refer to our website for the most updated vendor list.

Vendors In

Thursday: Saltie Co. Granola - new!

Vendors Out

Saturday: Peach Jamboree, Brokaw Ranch, Lucero Organics, True Grass Farm
Tuesday: Peach Jamboree, Lucero Organics, Lou Vue, Full Belly Farm, Chay' Farm
Thursday: Chay's Farm

Learn More About the Berkeley Farmers' Markets

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Only one more week to shop our craft series, Locavore Wonderland...

Yes, you can find great place to find gifts! Over the month of December, join us every Berkeley Farmers’ Market for a holiday gifting series featuring up to 8 weekly pop-up vendors selling even more gifts for the foodies in your lives—plus handmade jewelry, custom knits, stained glass, soaps & body care, pottery, and other handmade goods. The last Locavore Wonderland is Saturday December 23rd.

Learn More

...and shop the Ecology Center Store!

This holiday season, you can do your holiday gift shopping without contributing to the massive consumption of wasteful products sold in big box stores. We have carefully vetted the quality and sustainability of the products we carry in our store, and when you shop locally, you support the economy that enriches our local communities. You can celebrate the holidays and honor sustainability at the same time!

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12/1 through 12/23

Tues - Sat, 11 am to 6 pm

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Lorin District Association Holiday Open House

Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023

SW corner of Alcatraz and Adeline; 12pm–5pm

This coming Tuesday just north of the South Berkeley Farmers' Market, join the Lorin Business Association and see all the district has to offer! Pick up a Lorin District passport at the south west corner of Alcatraz and Adeline to stamp at the farmers' market and five other participating businesses in the neighborhood to receive a special prize.

Bring Reuse to Oakland!

On Tuesday, December 19, Oakland City Council is considering an ordinance that will require reusables for restaurant dine-in and larger venues like concerts, and allow take-out customers to opt into receiving items like plastic utensils and straws. If passed, this policy will promote reuse and help consumers avoid plastic foodware- keeping our streets clean and reducing our reliance on petrochemicals! Join us in the fight to make the Bay Area #disposablefree!