Recipes for Refreshing Lemon Cakes: Lemon Pudding and Lemon Poppy Seed Chiffon Cakes

!±8± Recipes for Refreshing Lemon Cakes: Lemon Pudding and Lemon Poppy Seed Chiffon Cakes

There is just something so refreshing to the palate when you finish off your meal with a luscious lemon dessert. This article offers you two wonderful lemon cake recipes to choose from. Both are delicious but they couldn't be more different. One is a delicate chiffon and one is a pudding cake. Which ever you choose, it is sure to be a hit.

LEMON PUDDING CAKE
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
3 tbsp flour
1 3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tsp grated lemon peel
powdered sugar for garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until well blended. Beat in the egg yolks until blended. Using low speed, blend in the flour. Add the milk, lemon juice, and lemon peel.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form when the beaters are raised. Soft peaks will curl on the ends. Using a rubber spatula, fold the egg whites into the lemon mixture. Turn the batter out into an 8 12-inch baking dish. Set the dish in a larger pan and pour boiling water 1-inch deep in the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand at least 15 to 20 minutes before serving. Before serving, garnish by sprinkling top with powdered sugar.

Yield: 6 servings

LEMON POPPY SEED CHIFFON CAKE
1/2 cup poppy seed
1/4 cup water
Soften the poppy seed in the water for at least one hour.

1 pkg lemon chiffon cake mix
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1 pkg (4-oz) lemon pie and pudding mix
1/2 cup whipping cream

Prepare the cake mix according to package direction and stir in the poppy seeds. Pour batter into 2 9-inch ungreased loaf pans and bake according to the package directions. Allow to cool in pans for a couple of minutes the remove from pans to wire rack to cool completely.

Prepare the pie filling mix according to the package direction but reducing water by 1/2 cup. Stir in the lemon zest. Cool, if using the cooked filling.

Cut one loaf of the cake horizontally into three layers. Use other cake for another use, freeze for later use, or double the lemon zest, use two packages of pie filling mix, and 1 cup of whipped cream to make two cakes.

Whip the whipping cream until soft peaks form then fold into the lemon pie filling. Spread filling over the top of each layer and stack layers to make a 3 layer loaf cake. Chill cake to set filling before serving.

Enjoy!