Melt in Your Mouth Lemon Layer Cake

Recipe created by SheKnows on Jan 27, 2011
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Prep: 3 hr 15 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Total: 3 hr 30 min
Serving: 8

Melt in Your Mouth Lemon Layer Cake is not your traditional cake. It's layered with cream cheese, nuts and lemon pudding.

Ingredients

1 cup flour
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1, 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 cup Cool Whip
1 package lemon instant pudding
3 cups milk
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 cup Cool Whip for garnishing top

Directions

Combine flour, margarine and pecans. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9 by 13 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Let crust cool
Cream together cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and 1 cup Cool Whip. Layer this on crust.
Next layer: Combine lemon pudding with milk and gelatin. Pour on cream cheese layer.
Top with remaining Cool Whip. Refrigerate 3 hours before serving.

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Dessert Recipes, Family Recipes

Comments

Comments on "Melt in Your Mouth Lemon Layer Cake"

This recipe is not the one that matches the picture. This is more of a pudding dessert and is often made with chocolate pudding, butterscotch pudding or pistacho pudding. Some recipes are titled " Better than Dessert" when made with the chocolate pudding.

Sounds really good