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Gluten Free Lemon Cake Parfaits

Layers of spongey, moist lemon cake and vanilla pudding make up this sunshine yellow spring treat!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Chill Time:2 hours
Total Time3 hours 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free
Keyword: cake, lemon, lemon cake, parfait, pudding, simply delish, trifle, vanilla
Servings: 6 People
Calories: 375kcal
Author: Kendra Farber
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • Electric mixer
  • Loaf pan

Ingredients

For the Lemon Pound Cake:

  • 1 Cup salted butter softened, room temperature
  • 1 Cup white sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 Tsp lemon extract
  • 1 Tbsp lemon zest
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 3/4 Cup gluten free 1-1 flour mix with xanthan gum in it
  • 1/2 Tsp salt

For the Pudding:

  • 1 Box SIMPLY DELISH Vanilla Instant pudding
  • 2 Cups milk
  • lemon curd

Instructions

For the Pound Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 325° Fahrenheit and generously grease a 9 inch loaf pan and set aside. Make your pound cake. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together the room temp butter, with the sugar until lighter and fluffy (about two minutes). Add in the eggs, lemon extract, and lemon juice and zest, and continue to beat until fully combined. Then, using a spoon or spatula, mix in the flour and salt and stir until combined.
  • Pour the batter into your prepped loaf pan and level out the top with a spatula. Place into your preheated oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before assembling with pudding.

For the Pudding & Assembly:

  • Once your cake is cool, start making your pudding. In a medium bowl using an electric mixer, beat together your SIMPLY DELISH Vanilla Instant pudding and the milk (if you use a milk substitute use only 1 1/4 cups). Beat for 2 minutes until thickened.
  • To assemble your parfait or trifle remove your cooled cake from the pan and cut it into cubes. Start by putting a layer of your cubed cake down in the bottom of your glass dish or small single serving dishes. Spoon a layer of your pudding over the cake. And then on top of that, for even more lemon flavor, I like to warm up some lemon curd in the microwave to make it more liquid and then drizzle that over the pudding layer. Continue building these layers of cake and pudding until your dish(es) are full. Put in the fridge to chill for 1 to 2 hours before eating!