Lemon Cake Pie

[stultiloquentia]

This is for people who love lemon, but think meringue is pointless except in food fights.

1/4 C butter
1 C sugar
3 T flour
3 eggs, separated
1/2 C lemon juice
1 T lemon rind
1 1/2 C milk
9" pie shell (Or so they say. Have extra. I got a brimming 9" plus a pair of 4" tartlets out of it this time.)

Cream butter until fluffy; add sugar and flour gradually. Add egg yolks and beat well. Add lemon juice and rind, add milk slowly and mix well. In a separate bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Fold egg whites into lemon glop. Pour into pie shell. Bake 425°F for 12 min, then 325°F for 30 min longer, or until top is golden. Pie will be spongy and cakey on top, and tart-like underneath.


(The crusts are a bit battered because I stowed them in the fridge with showercaps on. :) Good tip: SO much easier than plastic wrap!)

Comments

[abyssinia]

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Okay, that looks amazing.
And relatively easy.

[acelightning]

My father always used to love this type of pie - his grandmother made it for him when he was a kid. (My mother tried a number of recipes, but none of them consistently turned into pudding-on-the-bottom-and-cake-on-top; sometimes they'd just be cake-like all the way through.) Although my parents are both long since departed, I've got to try this pie!

[alchemise]

Wow, that looks delicious!

[stealth_noodle]

I tried this over the weekend after having it bookmarked for ages. I made some tactical errors with my pie crust, but it still came out delicious, with just the right textures inside. Yum.

[stultiloquentia]

Woot! Thanks for coming back to let me know!