Balke Lemon pudding in mini Staub cocottes and dusted with confectioners' sugar is a fun summery dessert for any occasion.

Today, for Sunday favorites with my friends Mary Ann and Cindy, I am making individual lemon cakes in my new Staub mini cocottes. They are from a lifestyle brand that is new to me and maybe to you as well. It’s called Sabâvi, and they have so many beautiful things.

This lemon pudding recipe is from the New York Times Cooking. It’s a simple recipe, which drew me to it, along with the fact that it’s lemon. It’s more pudding than cake, but a spongey cake layer on top is perfect and delicious.

It’s very summery, much like the strawberry spoon cake I recently posted. I love making individual pots or cocottes, but it can also be made in a baking dish. You’ll need to adjust the baking time according to the size of the baking dish(es) you use, but it’s pudding, so there’s a lot of flexibility here!

Here’s what you’ll need to make 4 servings

All the ingredients for baked lemon pudding are on the kitchen counter and ready for mixing.

Unsalted butter softened to room termperature
Large eggs (egg whitesand egg yolks separated)
Whole milk
Granulated sugar
All-purpose flour
Large lemons (for the lemon zest and lemon juice)
Confectioners’ sugar and whipping cream for serving

Directions for making baked lemon pudding

Sugar and butter when combined take the form of damp sand.

Sugar, butter, and egg yolks have mixed and are ready for the flour.

The lemon pudding mixture is ready to be poured into mini Staub cocottes and then into the oven for baking.

Heat oven to 350º.
In a medium mixing bowl, add the soft butter and slowly pour in the sugar. With a wooden spoon, mix the butter and sugar. When combined, the sugar mixture should resemble damp sand.
Mix egg yolks into the batter, add the flour, and stir again.
Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, and whisk in the milk.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs whites on high speed until stiff peaks form. Then, gently fold the egg whites into the lemon mixture until combined.
Pour mixture into four or five individual ramekins (or one oval baking dish) and bake in the middle of the oven for about 40 to 45 minutes or until they are golden brown on top. Cooking time will depend on your oven and the depth of the ramekins or baking dish you are using.
Remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes and dust them with confectioners’ sugar.
While the pudding is cooling, make the whipped cream.
Top with whipped cream and serve while still warm.

The baked lemon pudding is being dusted with powdered sugar.

Lemon pudding dusted with powdered sugar is on a baking sheet.

More Sunday favorites inspired by lemons and yellow!

Yellow is such happy color, isn’t it? The shirt that I bought last week in deep chocolate, is also available in yellow. It’s a beautiful shirt, and shade of yellow!

Plastic Birkenstocks are so inexpensive, and so comfortable. I would say the they are the most underrated shoe! Perfect for pool, beach or just out and about. They come in a ton of colors, including yellow!

We have the Mallorca pool/beach towels from Serena and Lily and they are gorgeous. They sell them in sets too, in case you have a pool! And the leaf plates in lemon yellow (they come in several colors) are so pretty to set a summery table!

What are you reading? I just finished two books this week and Brent and I are listing to another book together. I would recommend all three! First, Real Americans, This was a book that Madeline had recommended and Read Receipts will be reviewing it next month! The second book was suggested as a “quick read” by my sister. I also listened on Audible and it was truly wonderful. It’s called Meet Me at the Museum. A captivating story about a farmer’s wife in England and a museum curator in Denmark. They have shared fascination about Tollund Man, and this leads them to start writing letters to one another. I’m not doing the book justice by describing it this way, but I can say that it was a very enjoyable 6.5 hours listing to the narrators. I was sad when it ended.

Garçon Linen Shirt in Lemon Yellow // Stripe Beach Towel from Serena & Lily // Yellow Birkenstocks // Real Americans by Rachel Khong // Lolli Necklace in Neon Yellow + Orchid // Enamel Leaf Plate from Terrain // Onia for J.Crew Linen Knit Drawstring Pants

Jo Cotton Poplin Shirt from Alex Mill // Stripe Beach Umbrella from Serena & Lily // BÉIS Vacation Tote // Adidas Samba OG Shoes // Zafferano Bei Tumblers // Notch Handle Concrete Stool // Staub Ceramic Mini Round Cocotte Set