Where to Buy Lemon Sponge Pudding in the USA
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Quick answer: Lemon sponge is the lightest and sharpest of the standard British sponge puddings, and the one that works when a heavier dessert would not. Buy the 2 x 95g pack from The British Vault, shipped from Britain with duties included.
Key facts at a glance
- Product: Mr Kipling Lemon Sponge Pudding Cake Dessert, 2 x 95g.
- Individual sponge puddings, heated and served hot.
- Shipped from Britain, Delivered Duty Paid. First order: use NEW10 for 10% off.
Buy lemon sponge pudding. The other two are sticky toffee and golden syrup, all in the Food Cupboard.
The one for after a big meal
Sticky toffee and golden syrup are both heavy, and after a full British roast dinner they can be more than anyone wants. Lemon is the answer to that: the acidity cuts through, and the sponge is noticeably lighter.
It is the pudding to buy if you are cooking a British Sunday lunch and want a dessert people will actually finish. That is a real consideration when the main course has already involved roast potatoes and stuffing.
Lemon in British baking
Britain uses lemon constantly and in a particular register: sharp rather than sweet, and usually as a counterweight rather than a flavour in its own right. Lemon drizzle cake, lemon curd, lemon meringue and this pudding all work on the same principle.
The British version is generally less sweet than an American lemon dessert would be, because the point is the acidity rather than the sugar. Expect it to be tarter than it looks.
Custard or cream
Custard is the traditional answer and it remains the right one, though lemon is the pudding where alternatives are most defensible. The sharpness works with cream as well as it works with custard, which is not really true of sticky toffee.
If you are making custard for it, the instant version is the quick route and needs only hot water.
Two minutes in a microwave
The traditional method is a couple of hours steaming in a basin. These heat in a microwave in minutes, which is the whole reason they are worth shipping across an ocean rather than attempting from scratch.
They keep well unopened, so a pack ordered now is still good considerably later.
Where to buy lemon sponge pudding in the USA
Order from The British Vault. We source Mr Kipling in the UK and ship straight to the United States, Delivered Duty Paid, so every import duty and tax is already in the price and nothing is charged on delivery. Orders dispatch within 1–2 business days and usually arrive 1–3 business days after that.
Shipping is a flat $39.99 below $99 and free above it, so build out from the Food Cupboard. First order: NEW10 for 10% off.
Frequently asked questions
Which sponge pudding is lightest?
This one. Sticky toffee is the heaviest and golden syrup sits in between.
Is it very sweet?
Less than the other two. The lemon is sharp and it is there to cut the sugar rather than add to it.
Custard or cream?
Custard traditionally. Lemon is the one pudding where cream is a genuinely reasonable alternative.
Does it need custard?
In Britain, effectively yes. A hot sponge pudding is served with custard poured over it, and most British people would consider one without the other unfinished. Cream or ice cream work, but they are substitutions rather than the real thing.
Add British puddings to a UK haul
Shop lemon sponge pudding from The British Vault and build the order past $99 for free shipping.
Related reading: British puddings in the USA and British cakes and traybakes in the USA.