Layered Lemon Dessert Recipe

Layered Lemon Dessert Recipe Rating 4

For an absolutely delicious dessert, this recipe makes a wonderful treat. The lemon is so refreshing and the layers are so easy to put together.—Jean Pare`, Vermilion, Alberta

This recipe is:

Quick

4
  • Rate
  • Print
  • Grocery List
  • Recipe Box
  • Email
[X]

Rate Layered Lemon Dessert Recipe

Click on stars to rate
 

Would you make this recipe again?
[X]
Layered Lemon Dessert Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + chilling
  • Yield: 15 Servings
30 30

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cold butter, cubed
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • SECOND LAYER:
  • 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
  • THIRD LAYER:
  • 4-1/2 cups cold water, divided
  • 2 packages (2.9 ounces each) cook-and-serve lemon pudding mix
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 egg yolks, lightly beaten
  • TOP LAYER:
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  • In a bowl, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; stir in pecans. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
  • In a large bowl, combine cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped cream; spread over cooled crust.
  • In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water, pudding mix, sugar, and egg yolks until smooth. Stir in the remaining water. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture reaches 160° or is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon; cool. Spread over cream cheese layer.
  • In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form. Spread over lemon layer. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Yield: 15 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 565 calories, 42 g fat (23 g saturated fat), 171 mg cholesterol, 216 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Layered Lemon Dessert in Taste of Home June/July 2000, p53

Sweet White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

Taste of Home

Featured Videos

  • Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake

    Sometimes the perfect dessert is one of the simplest to make. Watch the Kraft Kitchens Food Expert transform ingredients you already have in your pantry into luscious layers of moist pudding and warm cake. And you can make it with yellow cake and lemon pudding too!

Mrs. Holiday

Enter your holiday recipe and audition video now and you could win $50,000 and become a Taste of Home ambassador!

Learn More >

Follow Us on Pinterest!

Did you know that Taste of Home is on Pinterest? Be sure to check out our boards for even more delicious inspiration.

Follow Us >

More Ways to get Taste of Home Recipes

Reviews for Layered Lemon Dessert (4)

Layered Lemon Dessert

Tell us what you think of this recipe.
Did you modify it? Would you make it again? Rate it today! >


Reviewed on Feb. 21, 2012 by yourmother55

Whoever said the prep time on this dessert is wrong!! By the time you beat, whip, mix, or cook each layer and then let it cool, this recipe takes 3 hours to make. I spent all evening preparing this dessert! I definitely will not make this again.


Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2010 by senzascusa

This is a CLASSIC Jean Pare recipe (the Canadian Martha Stewart of recipe books). I've been making this since I was a child (over 20 years!) AMAZING and always gets rave reviews. Soooo worth making. It will not fail to impress your guests and will be gone in a heartbeat at a potluck.


Reviewed on Aug. 20, 2010 by LaVerleS

This is a fabulous easy dessert. Chocolate cooked pudding also works especially well.

Twenty years ago when we made this, we called it Republican Dessert because it was too rich for the democrats. I love this dessert!


Reviewed on May. 25, 2009 by marenew

This is fabulous. I've made it several times to rave reviews.

M. Newman

 
 
Healthy Cooking - Try it Risk Free
Simple & Delicious - Free Issue Offer
Advertise with us
ADVERTISEMENT

Follow Us

Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT
Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT