My Meyer lemon tree is about to bring forth a bounty.

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7. Lemon Pudding Cake aka "the lemon thing" in our house

LEMON PUDDING CAKE

3 TBSPs butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
4 eggs, separated
3 TBSPs all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 tsps grated lemon rind
1 cup milk

Cream butter, gradually add sugar and beat til well blended. Add egg yolks and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in next 4 ingredients, then gradually add milk. Beat whites until stiff and carefully fold into batter. Pour into shallow 2-quart baking dish (buttered) and set in pan of hot water. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) for 40 minutes. Increase temperature to 350 degrees and bake 10 minutes longer. Serve warm or chilled. Makes 4-6 servings.

Now comes the fun part. If you bake this in a rectangular dish, you get a nice cake topping with thick lovely sauce underneath. If you bake it in a deep round dish you get a souffle! I didn't have a 2 quart shallow pan so I used my 3 quart souffle dish and a star was born!!! Now my family only wants it that way.

My mom started making this when we were kids. She got the recipe from the weekly chef appearance on the local mid day tv show. "the Noon Show" on WSM in Nashville. Copied it down like a madwoman and it is definitely a family favorite.