Lemon and Vanilla Puddle Pudding

Submitted by Irmgard

"This dessert from BBC Good Food is what they refer to in North America as a pudding cake - a cake layer forms while baking with a lovely pudding-like sauce on the bottom. We just love these!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 50 g butter
• 200 g golden caster sugar
• 1 lemon, zested
• 100 ml lemon juice (include the juice from the zested lemon)
• 3 eggs, separated
• 50 g all-purpose flour, sifted
• 250 ml milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Whizz the butter, sugar and lemon zest until they are pale and creamy in a food processor.
3. Add the lemon juice, egg yolks, flour, milk and vanilla one by one until you have a smooth batter.
4. Whisk the egg whites until firm but not stiff and fold the mixtures together.
5. Pour into a buttered ovenproof souffle or baking dish and put in a baking tray half filled with hot water.
6. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes until the top is lightly browned and set and there is a gooey lemon curd below.
7. Serve hot with or without vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Reviews

[CASNAVY]

Here's the US equivalents: <br/>3.5 (a tad more) tablespoons butter<br/>1 cup golden caster sugar<br/>1 lemon, zested<br/>1/3 (a tad more) cup lemon juice (include the juice from the zested lemon)<br/>3 eggs, separated<br/>1/2 cup (a tad less) all-purpose flour, sifted<br/>1 cup (a tad more) milk<br/>1 teaspoon vanilla extract