Citrus Individual Pudding Cakes
- 1 cup sugar divided
- 13 cup flour, all-purpose
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk, 1% or 2%
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest freshly grated
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 1/2 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 large egg whites at room temperature
- 1 x powdered sugar for dusting
- Preheat oven to 350AF.
- Spray eight 4- to 6-ounce ( 1/2- to 3/4 cup) ovenproof custard cups or ramekins with cooking spray or grease with butter.
- Arrange them in a large deep roasting pan or baking dish.
- Bring a kettle of water to boil for the water bath.
- Add 3/4 cup of sugar, flour and salt in a medium bowl, and whisk until well mix.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients.
- Whisk in milk, lemon zest, lemon juice, butter and egg yolks until smooth.
- Add egg whites in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, and beat on medium speed until soft peaks form.
- Slowly add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and keep beating until stiff and glossy.
- Fold the egg whites into the batter (it will be thinner than other cake batter and itaTMs OK if itaTMs a little lumpy).
- Evenly divide among the prepared custard cups or ramekins arraged in the roasting pan.
- Put the roasting pan in the oven and slowly pour in enough boiling water to come almost halfway up the sides of the cups.
- Bake until golden brown and the cakes have pulled away slightly from the sides of the cups, 26 to 30 minutes.
- Transfer the cups to a wire rack.
- Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
- Serve at room temperature or chilled.
sugar, flour, salt, milk, lemon zest freshly, lemon juice, butter, egg yolks, egg whites, powdered sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/citrus-individual-pudding-cakes-51738 (may not work)