Nell B. Nichols

Lemon Cake-Pie

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

  • About

Three-layered pie—crisp pastry holds custard layer with cakelike topping

Ingredients

Method

  • Cream together sugar and butter. Beat egg yolks and add to creamed mixture. Add flour, grated lemon peel (2 tsp.) and lemon juice (3 tblsp.) and milk.
  • Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry, peaks form. Fold into lemon mixture. Pour into pie shell.
  • Bake in very hot oven (450°F