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I Need a Recipe for ......

wismiss — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:24:32 GMT

a baked item with a wonderful lemon taste. Or, a recipe for your favorite spring recipe that announces, "Winter is over and here is something for spring." I am a member of our local Optimist Club and we sponsor our Junior Optimists at the middle school level. They are having a spaghetti supper this coming Thursday night (3/12) and our club always provides the desert for their fundraiser.

Would anyone be willing to share their favorite/best lemon/spring recipe? It has to be something that can be put on a plate for a single serving.

Thank you for your posts.

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LilLadyNJ — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:33:52 GMT

@wismiss wrote:
a baked item with a wonderful lemon taste. Or, a recipe for your favorite spring recipe that announces, "Winter is over and here is something for spring." I am a member of our local Optimist Club and we sponsor our Junior Optimists at the middle school level. They are having a spaghetti supper this coming Thursday night (3/12) and our club always provides the desert for their fundraiser.

Would anyone be willing to share their favorite/best lemon/spring recipe? It has to be something that can be put on a plate for a single serving.

Thank you for your posts.

This is my favorite lemon cake. It's perfect for any time of the year.

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/east-62nd-street-lemon-cake

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ahoymate — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:43:53 GMT

Google martha stewart recipes. She loves lemon desserts. You'll find something wonderful!!

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aroc3435 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:03:28 GMT

@wismiss There is a string here started on 12-17-19 by ceci entitled Favorite lemon recipes that has some good ideas that might be good for your purpose.

How many people are you providing dessert for?

Best to you for a successful fundraiser.

aroc3435

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:19:47 GMT

I don't have a recipe to offer, but I think lemon bars would be a good choice, intense lemon flavor and easy to cut, serve and eat!

There are many highly rated recipes online if you google it, my limit with lemon dessert is lemon meringue pie and that's just because I love meringue so much, LOL!

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:23:06 GMT

@aroc3435 wrote:
@wismiss There is a string here started on 12-17-19 by ceci entitled Favorite lemon recipes that has some good ideas that might be good for your purpose.

How many people are you providing dessert for?

Best to you for a successful fundraiser.

aroc3435

@aroc3435,@wismiss

Here's a link to the thread @aroc3435 mentioned:

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Recipes/Favorite-lemon-recipes/m-p/5918883/highlight/true#M128716

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 22:52:44 GMT

These are my favorite lemon bars. It is a very old recipe from a high-school home ec class:

Crust:

1 3/4 cups flour

2/3 cup powdered sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 tsp salt

16 tbsp (2 sticks) softened butter

Whisk flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch, and salt in big bowl. Mix in butter with electric mixer. Line 9x13" baking pan with parchment, then spray with cooking spray. Press crumbs into bottom of pan in even layer. Bake in 350 degree oven until light golden on edges, about 15-20 minutes.

Filling:

6 eggs

2 cups sugar

6 tbsp flour

1 tbsp grated lemon zest

1 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup milk

1/8 tsp salt

Whisk eggs, sugar, flour, and salt in bowl. Mix in lemon zest and juice, and milk. Pour onto warm crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:54:24 GMT

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

3 8oz. Pkgs. of cream cheese ( room temperature)

(1) 11 1/4 oz. jar of lemon curd

1 cup 10 x sugar

(2) tbs fresh lemon juice

(1 tbs. grated lemon peel

Beat cream cheese and curd till smooth, add remaining ingredients and beat for 2 more minutes.

This frosting is delicious, and I usually use it on a yellow cake mix that I jazz up by adding an extra egg a nd a tbs. of cream.

If you want to get really fancy fill the layers with raspberry preserves.

🍋🍋🍋

Re: I Need a Recipe for ......

wismiss — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 04:56:55 GMT

Thank you for all your replies. LilLady, that recipe for the East 62nd Street Lemon Cake sounds fabulous, especially since it has a glaze.

Iceberg, Martha Stewart does have some wonderful lemon recipes and I copied many of them.

aroc3435, thank you for referring me to a previous string. We're never sure how many people will be there. They try to encourage buying tickets in advance, but they can be bought at the door. We have several members of our club who bring desserts and usually have more than enough. If any are left over, we let the kids take what they want and then donate the rest (if any) to an after school program for middle school students.

IG, thank you for giving me the link to the thread that aroc3435 referred me to and lemon bars do always go over well. I remember my Mom making them---I loved them.

indoor kitty---thank you for the recipe for the lemon cream cheese frosting recipe. Oh, my gosh, that sounds good.

deepwaterdotter---home economic recipes are always wonderful and I am sure these lemon bars would be, also.

Now, to decide what to make. I'll have to think about it over the next couple of days. But, in the meantime, thank you again for your posts.

wismiss

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Hoovermom — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:54:26 GMT

@wismiss : I think the link that @aroc3435 mentioned had a pound cake like Starbucks' serves. It is TDF!!! Awesome lemon pound cake.

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shelbyshelbyshelby — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:23:13 GMT

Cooks.com

Look for Ricotta cake recipes, very good and easy .

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toria — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:36:40 GMT

Maida Heatter’s Best ****** Lemon Cake
Scale 1x2x3x
Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter, plus 8 tablespoons melted
2 tbsp. fine dry bread crumbs (optional)
1/2 cup whole raw almonds
1–1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1–1/3 cups plus 2 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
2 tablespoons lemon extract
1–1/2 teaspoons pure Vanilla Extract
Zest and juice of 2 lemons*
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°. Grease a loaf pan measuring 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ with 1 tbsp. of the butter and dust it with the bread crumbs. Invert and tap out excess crumbs; set aside. In a food processor, grind the almonds until very fine, about 1 minute; set aside. In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
Put the remaining butter into a large bowl and add 1 cup of the sugar. Mix with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating just long enough to incorporate, about 30 seconds. Add the flour mixture and milk mixture in 3 batches, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat until mixed after each addition, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, about 3 minutes total. Mix in the lemon extract and vanilla. With the spatula, fold in the lemon zest and ground almonds. (The mixture will be thin.) Turn batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean and dry, about 65 minutes.
Transfer the pan to a cooling rack. Prepare the glaze: Combine remaining sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. (Do not boil.) Brush the glaze over the hot cake. (The excess liquid may pool along the sides of the pan; it will absorb completely as it sits.) Once the cake has absorbed all the liquid, turn it out of the pan and allow it to cool upright on a rack. Once it’s cool, wrap the cake with aluminum foil and let stand at room temperature for 24 hours before serving.
Notes
* Meyer lemons are sweeter than Eureka and other lemons. When making the lemon syrup add more sweetening if needed. I like using 1 tablespoon of honey along with the sugar as it gives the cake top a lovely sheen.
When the cake has cooled and is wrapped, refrigerate it until you are ready to slice it for serving.

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ECBG — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:54:52 GMT

Probably late to the party!

Short cake cups

1 can Eagle brand

Juice of one lemon

1 can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk

1/2 container of strawberries cut up

1 can mandarin oranges, cut in half

1 can crushed pineapple well drained

3/4 C sliced green grapes

1/2 c chopped pecans or walnuts

12 Maraschino cherries with stems, drained (optional)

-OR- 12 whole strawberries

Mix juice of 1 lemon with Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk

Fold in 8 oz Cool Whip

Fold in all fruits, chill.

Spoon into short cake cups

Top with drained stemmed cherry or small whole strawberry

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jpie — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:03:09 GMT

@wismiss wrote:
a baked item with a wonderful lemon taste. Or, a recipe for your favorite spring recipe that announces, "Winter is over and here is something for spring." I am a member of our local Optimist Club and we sponsor our Junior Optimists at the middle school level. They are having a spaghetti supper this coming Thursday night (3/12) and our club always provides the desert for their fundraiser.

Would anyone be willing to share their favorite/best lemon/spring recipe? It has to be something that can be put on a plate for a single serving.

Thank you for your posts.

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Might I suggest Bettycrocker.com and Pillsbury.com

Just type "Lemon" into the search bar. I sign up for their emails and save them on a file within their website. I have made many delicious recipes from both sites!