Lemon Cake Pie
- Jun 29, 2011
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 11, 2020
from Ladies Home Journal
Easier than lemon meringue pie, and just as tasty. I made this for my 30th birthday.
Deep dish pie shell (uncooked)
3 tbsp all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Zest of 1 lemon
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 large eggs, yolks and whites separated
1 cup milk
If you feel like making your own pie shell, I won't stop you. But let's be serious here. Just buy one. You're already making the rest of the pie. Heat oven to 450˚ with rack in the lower third.
Zest your lemon. I always start here because it's the most time consuming task. Depending on the size of your lemon, you may have to supplement with lemon juice (often found in the back of your fridge.)
Stir together 3 tbsp flour, sugar, butter, zest, lemon juice, egg yolks and milk. In a separate bowl beat egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into lemon mixture. Pour into crust and bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 350˚ and bake until a knife inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. If top of pie gets too dark, tent with foil. Serves 8.
This is my lemon zesting situation. I always end up cutting the zest up into tiny pieces before I add it to the mix, because otherwise you end up finding large (kinda gross) pieces in your pie. Always zest then juice. It does not work in the opposite order. Meringue looks so fancy! Oftentimes I find myself making 2 pies. Because who doesn't love pie? I mean you're making the same amount of mess with very little added effort. Plus, maybe your neighbors need a pie. These unbaked pies fill me with hope. Hope that I don't burn them! These pies look done, but you can see there are some juices bubbling below the crust. I don't want the pies to get over-browned on the top, so I'm going to tent them with foil. This is not what tenting pies should look like. Your tent should not touch the top of the pie. Try folding the edge under for some extra stability. *fail* See! Presentation ruined! Don't worry, the pie is still delicious. Tent better next time, k?
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