Lemon Delicious Self Saucing Pudding

A white baking dish filled with a golden baked lemon pudding with a spoon showing the sauce beneath.

Lemon Delicious Self Saucing Pudding

Our easy lemon delicious pudding is such a classic favourite... a delicately light fluffy lemon sponge over a fresh and creamy lemon sauce... the perfect winter dessert!

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Course: Dessert, winter

Cuisine: sweets

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 40

Servings: serves

Calories: 309kcal

Author: Lucy - Bake Play Smile

Equipment

Beaters, stand-mixer or Thermomix
Oven

Ingredients

220 g (1 cup) caster sugar
125 g butter room temperature
grated zest of a lemon
4 eggs separated, room temperature
80 g (⅓ cup) lemon juice
75 g (½ cup) plain flour
310 g (1 ¼ cups) full cream milk
icing sugar, cream or ice-cream, to serve

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Conventional Method

Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Grease an ovenproof casserole/baking dish and set aside (minimum of 2 litre/8cup capacity).
Beat the caster sugar, butter and grated lemon zest together until pale and creamy.
Beat in the egg yolks one by one.
Beat in the lemon juice, plain flour and full cream milk. Set aside.
Beat the egg whites until firm peaks have formed. Gently mix through the lemon mixture with a spoon.
Pour into the prepared casserole/baking dish. Place the dish into a large pan and fill halfway up the side with boiling water (to create a water bath around the baking dish).
Bake for 30 minutes or until lightly golden and firm on the top and a sauce has formed underneath (it should be wobbly at the bottom).
Dust with icing sugar and serve while warm with cream or ice-cream.

Thermomix Method

Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Grease an ovenproof casserole/baking dish and set aside (minimum of 2 litre/8cup capacity).
Place the caster sugar, butter and grated lemon zest into the Thermomix bowl and mix for 10 seconds on Speed 5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and repeat for a further 20 seconds or until pale and creamy.
With the blades turning on Speed 3, add in the egg yolks one by one through the MC hole.
Add the lemon juice, plain flour and full cream milk through the MC hole and continue mixing for 10 seconds or until combined. Set aside.
In a completely clean and dry Thermomix bowl, insert the butterfly and beat the egg whites on Speed 3.5 until firm peaks have formed. Gently mix through the lemon mixture with a spoon.
Pour into the prepared casserole/baking dish. Place the dish into a large pan and fill halfway up the side with boiling water (to create a water bath around the baking dish).
Bake for 30 minutes or until lightly golden and firm on the top and a sauce has formed underneath (it should be wobbly at the bottom).
Dust with icing sugar and serve while warm with cream or ice-cream.

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Notes

RECIPE NOTES & TIPS

Individual/Mini Puddings - if you prefer, you can divide the mixture between 6-8 small ramekins and cook them as individual desserts (you'll just need to decrease the cooking time and keep an eye on them if you do this).
Cooking in a water bath - cooking a pudding with a water bath simply involves placing your casserole/baking dish into a larger baking tray filled with boiling water to protect your delicate dessert or cheesecake while it's baking. The water should come halfway up the side of the baking dish. The entire baking tray is then carefully placed into the oven to cook. Using a water bath can prevent the pudding top from cracking and allows it to form a delicious sponge-like layer, while the bottom remains a smooth and creamy liquid sauce.
How to test if cooked - the pudding is cooked when the top feels sponge-like but wobbly (due to the sauce underneath). It's important not to overcook the pudding as it will reduce the amount of sauce.
Storing & Serving - Lemon Delicious Pudding is best served immediately out of the oven. You can keep it refrigerated for 2-3 days and reheat when needed (please note that the sauce will soak into the pudding while it’s in the fridge and being reheated, so you won’t have as much sauce as when it’s served directly from the oven). Lemon Delicious is not suitable to freeze.

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