Observed annually on November 29, this food holiday celebrates a dessert also known as lemon meringue pie.

The filling is made up of cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice, and zest topped with whipped cream, or a meringue for lemon meringue pie.

Lemon cream pie evolved from earlier lemon desserts, such as lemon meringue pie, which was popularized by Philadelp[hia pastry chef Elizabeth Goodfellow in the 1800s.

The introduction of condensed milk later in that century contributed to the development of creamier lemon fillings.