Lemon Cake Pie

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What is your favorite cake or pie? I know it is like a dessert dilemma.  I’m torn because I like them both so that is why this recipe for Lemon Cake Pie has become a favorite recipe. Yes, you can have cake and pie together in one dessert. 

Ingredients

9″ pie dough – see the One Hot Oven How to Make A Flaky Pie Crust

• Flour
• Water
• Salt
• Butter/Shortening

Lemon Pie Filling

• Butter
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Flour
• Milk
• Lemon

Raspberry Cream Cheese Topping (Optional)

• Cream Cheese
• Butter
• Powdered Sugar
• Fresh Raspberries

Raspberry Sauce (Optional)

• Fresh Raspberries
• Sugar
• Cornstarch

Let’s make a pie

Making the pie dough

Step 1.  A 9″ pie shell is needed for the filling.  You can make your own dough using the One Hot Oven recipe for Flaky Pie Dough, it’s easy and delicious. Not into making pie dough, you can use a 9″ store-bought crust and this dessert will be just as delicious.

 Making the lemon filling

Step 2. In a large bowl add the softened butter and sugar and mix until combined.

Step 3. Add three egg yolks one at a time and mix between each addition. Then mix in the flour, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Scrape the bowl and remix so everything is nice and creamy.

Step 4. In a medium-sized bowl add the three reserved egg whites and beat until stiff peaks form.

Step 5. Now slowly fold the stiffly beaten egg whites into the egg yolk batter with a rubber spatula until the egg whites are mixed in then pour the batter into the unbaked pie shell.

Step 6. Bake at 325° f for 50 – 60 minutes. The custard might be just slightly jiggly when done, not too jiggly, just slightly. Remove the pie and set it on a cooling rack and cool completely.  The top cake layer will separate a bite from the crust when cooled.

Making the raspberry cream cheese frosting

Step 7. Mix the raspberry cream cheese frosting in a small bowl by adding the softened butter and cream cheese and beating with a mixer until combined.  Add the powdered sugar in small amounts and beat between each batch until combined. Add the fresh raspberries and mix until combined.  You may have to add additional powdered sugar to make a stiff frosting, this depends on how juicy the raspberries are.

Step 8. Add the raspberry frosting to a piping bag and pipe rosettes around the edge of the cooled pie and decorate with fresh raspberries. You can also just place frosting dollops around the edge of the pie with a spoon then add raspberries.

How to make a quick raspberry sauce (optional)

Step 9. In a small saucepan add the raspberries and sugar and cook until the sugar is dissolved, smashing the raspberries as you stir. Cook for 5 minutes, then pour the mixture into a mesh strainer to strain the seeds, pushing down with a spoon to get all the juice.  Return the juice to the saucepan over medium heat and add a slurry of water and cornstarch to thicken the raspberry juice.  Cook again over medium heat for about 3-4 minutes until thickened.

Let the sauce cool and drizzle over pie slices.

Why I like this dessert so much

• It’s unique
• This dessert has just the right amount of lemon flavor and all you need is one lemon
• You can use a store-bought pie crust and this dessert will come out just as tasty as making your own
• The ratio of lemon custard to the lemon cake is perfect in every bit.
• This is like a three-in-one dessert – pie, custard, and cake.  What’s not to like?

More lemon recipes from One Hot Oven

Baked Ricotta with Lemon and Herbs – an easy and creamy appetizer

Sweet, Tart and Tangy Lemon Cake – this bundt cake is full of lemon flavor inside and out

Chewy Lemon Cookies – these are the best lemon cookies and have a soft lemony glaze on top

Lemon Shortbread Cookies – baked with lots of lemon zest these crispy shortbreads deliver on lemon flavor

Don’t forget the pie plate – I love this Rae Dunn 9″ plate, the filling for this pie fits in it perfectly, and honestly, I love that it says “Pie.”

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5 from 17 votes

Lemon Cake Pie

With this Lemon Cake Pie recipe you get two desserts in one, a delicious lemon custard topped with a tender cake all in a flaky pie crust. This pie is simple to make and definitely unique.

Course Cake

Cuisine American, Dessert

Keyword how to make a lemon pie, how to make a pie

Prep Time 1 hour

Cook Time 55 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Calories 304kcal

Author Jere Cassidy

Equipment

• pie plate 9"
• Hand Mixer
• small saucepan 1/2 quart
• Mixing bowl, large
• Piping bag 16"
• 1 M piping tip

Ingredients

Pie Crust Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup AP flour
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup cold butter - cut into small cubes
• 1/4 cup cold shortening
• 4-5 tbls. ice water

Lemon Filling

• 3 tbls. butter melted
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs separated
• 5 tbls. flour
• 11/4 cup whole milk
• 1 Juice and grated zest from one lemon 1/4 cup

Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 pint Raspberries
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp water

Instructions

Pie Dough

• In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, and salt.
• Add the butter and shortening, cut in with two knives or a pastry blender until the mixture looks like small peas.
• With a fork, stir in the ice water one tablespoon at a time until evenly moistened.
• Press the dough into a ball, flatten and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Chill for 15-30 minutes.
• Roll the dough to fit a 9" pie pan.

Making the lemon filling

• Cream the butter and sugar on medium speed with a mixer. Add the egg yolks one at a time to the bowl mixing between each addition, then add the flour, mix well.
• Add the milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest; mix on medium speed until the batter is smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• In another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• With a rubber spatula fold the egg whites into the creamed mixture until no whites show.
• Pour the filling into the unbaked pie crust.
• Bake at 325 degrees for about 55-60 minutes.

Making the raspberry frosting

• In a medium-sized bowl beat the softened cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the raspberries until combined.
• By half-cup measure add the powdered sugar and mix on medium speed until a thick frosting forms. Sometimes you may have to add additional powdered sugar to thicken the frosting.

Raspberry sauce

• In a small saucepan add the raspberries and sugar and cook over medium heat until the sugar is melted and the raspberries are soft. Smash the raspberries to release the juice. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Pour the raspberries into a fine-mesh strainer to strain the seeds, pushing down with a spoon to get as much juice.
• Add the juice back to the saucepan and cook over medium heat. Mix the cornstarch and water to make a slurry and add the raspberry juice; stir until the mixture thickens.
• Drizzle over the pie slice. Store the remainder in the refrigerator for a few days.

Notes

While the pie is baking is a good time to make the raspberry cream cheese frosting and the raspberry sauce.

Start checking your pie around 50 minutes to make sure the crust is not getting too dark.  The pie may be a little jiggly in the middle when done, but it should not be jiggly all over.

The easiest way to cut this pie is to warm a knife blade under hot water then dry it off and cut the pie.  

Chilling the pie before cutting also makes it easier.

Store the pie in the refrigerator covered in plastic wrap for a few days.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 41.5g | Fat: 14.1g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 145mg

First Published: Sept. 11, 2011. Last Updated: May 12, 2020