Author: Susan Murray, www.awomancooksinasheville.com
Ingredients
¼cbuttersoftened
12key limesor 4 limes
½csugar
2large eggs
¼cflour
¾cupmilk
Powdered Sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Grate the zest of the limes. Add the zest to the sugar and butter in a mixing bowl and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
Separate the eggs.
Juice the limes and add the juice to the sugar mixture along with the egg yolks and the flour. Beat together at low speed until it is mixed in.
Slowly add the milk and stir until it is well mixed.
In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until they hold a stiff peak when the beater is lifted.
Stir a large spoonful of the beaten egg whites into the egg yolk and sugar mixture to lighten it, then carefully fold in the remaining egg whites.
Spray or butter a 2-cup baking dish.
Pour the pudding mixture into the dish and put the dish into a larger baking dish. Add hot water to the larger baking dish until it reaches halfway up the height of the batter in the pudding bowl.
Place the pudding in its water bath on the center rack of the preheated oven.
Bake for 40-43 minutes until the top springs back when touch.
To serve dust lightly with powdered sugar. Can be serve hot, cold, or at room temperature.