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Growing up Mom always used the box mixes for Chocolate Pudding Cake & Lemon Pudding Cake.  I haven't seen the box mix in stores for ages.  I just saw a recipe on this website to make a Chocolate One.  Does anyone have one for a Lemon Pudding Cake?  It was my favorite growing up, and everytime I thing of it I get a terrible craving!  Help, please!

I made a lemon pudding cake today..i took a white cake mix and lemon pudding and pie filling mix ( the kind u cook)and mixed them with the eggs oil and water and it was really good..then frosted it with cream cheese frosting..

I feel your pain!  My Mom would make them too.  I have seen a few recipes that look more like a souffle with stiffly beaten egg whites.  Wasn't the box mix more cake like with hot water poured over the batter before baking?

Yes, we have a couple of recipes! 

(scratch) http://www.pillsbury.com/Recipes/ShowRecipe.aspx?rid=11161

(box) http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/lemon-pudding-cake/52c052c1-a9bd-401c-8029-12f9c3a0af04

Hope these help!

Sincerely, Cate

jfddrsn -- I remember the mix you are writing about - but I haven't seen it in years. 

This recipe is from James Beard's AMERICAN COOKERY - published about 1972.   I HAVE NOT made this, but it does have the hot water poured over - which makes the cake end up on top and the custard/pudding on the bottom.   You might want to try it, if it sounds like what you remember.  If so, please let us know how it turns out!

LEMON CAKE PUDDING

3 well-beaten egg yolks

3 tablespoons flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoons melted butter

6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 tablespoon grated lemon rind

1-1/4 cups milk

3 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Combine the egg yolks with the dry ingredients which have been sifted together.  Add melted butter; lemon juice, lemon rind and milk.  Lastly fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.  Pour into a 2=quart baking dish and place in 350 degree F oven for 40 minutes until firm.  The trick of the pudding is that it separates into a sponge-like cake on top and the custard/pudding rests on the bottom.  Very good served with whipped cream.

Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I've enjoyed preparing this lemon pudding cake for over 30 years and wanted to make it while here in Hawaii. Now I can. Mahalo!!