{"id":493,"date":"2009-03-06T16:52:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T22:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2009-03-06T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T22:52:40","slug":"lemon-dessert-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Dessert Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you love ANYTHING LEMON as much as I do, then this post is just for you.  I&#8217;ve recently done some culling through my recipe files, looking for a special lemon dessert for my grandmother&#8217;s birthday this weekend.  My Granny loves lemon desserts as much as I do.  Some of the recipes I&#8217;ve actually made before and some are in my &#8220;try soon&#8221; folder.  I would be embarrassed to admit how thick my &#8220;try soon&#8221; folder is, but there are just SO MANY yummy recipes out there and I find more every day!<br \/>\nSo, anyway&#8230;here&#8217;s a list of some highly-rated and recommended lemon desserts.  Some are fancy, some are simple, some are easy, some are more complicated.  They are from a variety of sources, but they all have something in common:  luscious LEMON!!!<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"gourmet april 2007 lemon pudding.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/gourmet%20april%202007%20lemon%20pudding.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"337\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Lemon-Pudding-238073\">Lemon Pudding<\/a> from April 2007 Gourmet magazine<br \/>\n(very cute and tongue-in-cheek!)<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lemon layer cake.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/lemon%20layer%20cake.jpg\" width=\"158\" height=\"118\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipezaar.com\/Ultimate-Lemon-Layer-Cake-209312\">Ultimate Lemon Layer Cake<\/a>, adapted from Cook&#8217;s Illustrated<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"meyer lemon custard cakes.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/meyer%20lemon%20custard%20cakes.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Meyer-Lemon-Custard-Cakes-351277\">Meyer Lemon Custard Cakes<\/a>, from February 2009 Bon Appetit magazine<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"best dam meyer lemon cake.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/best%20dam%20meyer%20lemon%20cake.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/article\/food\/The-Best-Damn-Meyer-Lemon-Cake\">The Best Damn Meyer Lemon Cake<\/a> from Saveur magazine<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lemon ginger cake pistachios.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/lemon%20ginger%20cake%20pistachios.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"275\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Lemon-Ginger-Cake-with-Pistachios-234444\">Lemon-Ginger Cake with Pistachios<\/a> from April 2006 Bon Appetit magazine<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nathan's lemon cake.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/nathan%27s%20lemon%20cake.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/find.myrecipes.com\/recipes\/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&#038;recipe_id=1734321\">Nathan&#8217;s Lemon Cake<\/a> from May 2008 Cooking Light magazine<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lemon meringue cupcakes.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/lemon%20meringue%20cupcakes.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/recipes\/lemon-meringue-cupcakes\">Lemon Meringue Cupcakes<\/a> from May 2008 Food &#038; Wine magazine<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Lemon-Icebox-Cake-242877\">Lemon Icebox Cake<\/a> from July 2008 Gourmet magazine<br \/>\n(yellow cake with tart lemon cream, topped with whipped cream and candied lemon peel)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/2007\/02\/saucy-lemon-pudding.html\">Saucy Lemon Puddings<\/a> (from my very own little bloggie &#8211; make sure you chop the lemon zest VERY finely!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipelink.com\/mf\/2\/22721\">Lemon Custard-Filled Cake<\/a>, from Betty Crocker<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toledotaste.org\/menus2003.html#lemonspice\">Lemon Spice Macaroons<\/a> (scroll down a bit)<br \/>\nBarefoot Contessa <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/ina-garten\/lemon-yogurt-cake-recipe\/index.html\">Lemon Yogurt Cake<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/ina-garten\/blueberry-sauce-recipe\/index.html\">Blueberry Sauce<\/a><br \/>\nI decided that Lemon Bars (Lemon Squares, whatever you call them&#8230;) needed their own post, so check out the next post for SCADS of lemon bar recipes.<br \/>\nI could go on all day, but these are the best of the best that I found.  I hope that you will try some.  If you do, please report back to me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love ANYTHING LEMON as much as I do, then this post is just for you. I&#8217;ve recently done some culling through my recipe files, looking for a special lemon dessert for my grandmother&#8217;s birthday this weekend. My Granny loves lemon desserts as much as I do. Some of the recipes I&#8217;ve actually made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/?p=493\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lemon Dessert Round-Up&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts","category-favorites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}