Recipe: Surprise Lemon Pudding Under Golden Cake Topping

SURPRISE LEMON PUDDING UNDER GOLDEN CAKE TOPPING

1 cup sugar
1 /4 cup sifted flour
Dash salt
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
5 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
3 well-beaten egg yolks
1 1 /2 cups milk, scalded
3 stiffly-beaten egg whites

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease 8 (5-ounce) custard cups (Pyrex).

Combine sugar, flour, salt, and butter; add lemon juice and peel; set aside.

Beat the egg yolks well, beating in a small amount of the scaled milk. Combine the yolks with the scalded milk; add to the flour mixture.

Stiffly beat the egg whites; fold into the batter. Pour into prepared custard cups. Set cups in a pan of hot water.

Bake in slow oven (325 degrees F) for 45 minutes. When baked, each dessert will have custard on the bottom and sponge cake on top.

Makes 8 servings
From: Covered Bridge Neighbors Cookbook (Missouri)
Source: Recipe Hall of Fame Dessert Cookbook by Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley