Old Fashioned Lemon Sponge Pudding
posted by virtual chef on Apr 15, 2009 | Dessert |
This recipe is from the cookbook Pearls from Jo Seagar’s Kitchen I received from our good friends Anne and Hepke Van der Sluis when we visited them in New Zealand years ago. I’ve had this book for a while now and have tried a couple of recipes. They are simply written and the ingredients are readily available. One of my favorites is this lemon sponge pudding.  It has a sponge-like top with a thick lemon sauce underneath. It taste wonderful!
Ingredients:
- 50 g butter, melted (about half a stick)
- 2 eggs, separated
- juice and grated peel of 2 lemons
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3/4 powdered or caster sugar
- 3/4 cup milk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- In a bowl, beat butter, lemon juice, grated lemon peel and egg yolks until mixed.
- Add 1/2 cup sugar and all the flour, stir, then add milk and continue beating. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Add the rest of the sugar and beat again.
- Combine the two mixtures and transfer to a baking dish. Place in a water bath and bake for one hour until top is light brown.
- Remove and let cool in wire rack. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
This is so good and easy I will be trying this with mango puree next time.
This sounds fantastic, and I love lemon!
Lemon sponge pudding sounds fabulous–and it looks even better! I want to try this recipe right away. I’m pretty sure it’d be a dangerous thing for me to sit with this pudding and a spoon–I might eat it all.