Vegan Lemon Pudding Cake – Chocolate Coated Katie

June 3, 2026

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On this selfmade vegan lemon pudding cake, fluffy lemon cake sits atop a hidden layer of lemon pudding on the underside!

Dairy Free Lemon Pudding Cake (Vegan Dessert)

Simple vegan lemon pudding cake

In case you are new to the idea of self saucing pudding desserts, are you ever in for a deal with.

At a look, it seems like your common lemon cake.

However true culinary magic takes place within the oven…

Because the comfortable cake bakes, a second layer of gooey lemon pudding sauce kinds beneath. If you attain in for a spoonful, you get each cake and pudding in every scrumptious chunk!

No meals coloring, no eggs or heavy cream, and no field cake combine right here.

And the cake is totally dairy free, with simply 90 energy a slice. What could possibly be higher???

Additionally do that 3 ingredient Lemon Sorbet

Step-by-step recipe video

make vegan lemon pudding cake

First, zest the lemon with a citrus zester or in a meals processor. Grease an eight inch sq. baking pan effectively, or line the underside of the pan with parchment paper. Set the zested lemon and ready pan apart.
Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit or 176° Celsius.
Add the flour, half cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a big mixing bowl, and whisk very effectively.
Stir within the lemon zest, dairy free milk, melted plant based mostly butter or oil, and applesauce till the lemon cake batter is simply evenly blended.
Use a spatula or massive spoon to easy the batter into the sq. pan.
Whisk the water (not boiling), lemon juice, and remaining third cup of sugar in a big measuring cup till the sugar dissolves.
Fastidiously and evenly pour the liquid excessive of the unbaked cake within the pan. It ought to look very watery.
Place the pan on the middle rack of the preheated oven, and bake for thirty 5 minutes. Then take away from the oven and let cool.
You might eat the vegan lemon pudding cake now. But when time permits, it’s higher to switch the cooled cake to the fridge for eight hours or in a single day. The pudding layer will thicken significantly because it chills within the fridge.
After sooner or later, refrigerate any leftovers in a coated container for as much as 4 days. Or freeze in an hermetic container for as much as three months and thaw earlier than serving.

Lemon cake components

You want just some fundamental components to whip up your personal quaint lemon pudding cake, often known as lemon the wrong way up cake.

Lemon juice & zest – A 3rd cup of recent squeezed or bottled lemon juice within the pudding layer and two tablespoons of recent lemon zest within the cake layer give vibrant citrus taste to the summer time dessert.

Flour – I like complete grain spelt flour, as a result of it provides fiber and isn’t as heavy or dense as complete wheat flour. Common white flour or all goal gluten free flour are nice choices too.

I haven’t tried oat flour or almond flour and don’t suggest coconut flour on this cake.

Sugar – Use conventional white sugar, unrefined cane sugar, or xylitol or granulated erythritol for sugar free cake. For the very best texture, use granulated sweetener versus maple syrup, powdered monk fruit, or stevia.

Milk of selection – Select any milk in your fridge. My favorites are coconut milk (tremendous decadent), soy milk (provides protein), or almond milk (low calorie).

Applesauce – A half cup of sweetened or unsweetened applesauce yields a moist crumb with out additional fats. Be happy to swap applesauce for an equal quantity of vegan yogurt or ripe, mashed banana.

Plant based mostly butter – If you’d like a wealthy and buttery cake, I extremely suggest together with two tablespoons of nondairy butter or coconut oil. Or go along with vegetable oil or sunflower oil.

Rising the applesauce for a wholesome oil free cake technically works, though I’d not serve that model to visitors unaccustomed to wholesome desserts.

Different components – You additionally want salt, baking soda, baking powder, and water to create the straightforward lemon dessert.

Leftover lemon? Make Lemon Truffles or a Lemon Mug Cake

Chocolate Covered Katie Vegan Lemon Cake

Katie’s favourite serving solutions

Garnish with an abundance of recent strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries.
Due to the candy lemon sauce, there’s no want for frosting. Merely mud with powdered sugar and serve scorching from the oven or chilly the following day.
Serve the cake in bowls, topped with a scoop of Coconut Ice Cream.
It makes for a tasty different to heavier pastries or espresso desserts within the morning, particularly paired with vanilla dairy free Greek yogurt or whipped cream. Heat lemon cake for breakfast? Sure, please!
Are you an avid lemon lover who can not get sufficient lemon? Drizzle Vegan Lemon Curd on prime of the completed cake and devour each final spoonful of lemony goodness.

Easy Vegan Lemon Pudding Cake (No Eggs!)

The recipe was tailored from my Vegan Lemon Loaf and Chocolate Pudding Cake.

1. To make the lemon pudding cake, zest your lemon and grease an 8 inch sq. baking pan or line the underside with parchment paper. Set the zested lemon and pan apart.
2. Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit (176° Celsius).
3. Whisk flour, half cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a big mixing bowl.
4. Stir in lemon zest, dairy free milk, melted plant based mostly butter or oil, and applesauce till batter is simply evenly blended.
5. Unfold cake batter into the ready pan.
6. Stir water (not boiling), lemon juice, and remaining sugar in a measuring cup till sugar dissolves.
7. Pour this liquid evenly excessive of the cake batter. It can look very watery.
8. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 35 minutes. Take away and let cool.
9. You might eat the cake straight away, however I like to recommend refrigerating no less than 8 hours or in a single day, as a result of the pudding layer thickens significantly because it chills.
10. Retailer leftovers after a day within the fridge for as much as 4 days. or freeze for as much as 3 months.