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This Lemon Bundt Cake is so good. I love the light flavor of lemon and the moist texture. Plus the sweet cream glaze on top is amazing. You are going to love this bundt cake!
Lemon Bundt Cake
Cake Ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter (room temp)
- 2 C granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs (room temp)
- 3 C unbleached all-purpose flour (sifted)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C buttermilk
- 2 TBSP lemon zest (tightly packed)
- 2 TBSP fresh lemon juice
Glaze Ingredients:
- 2/3 C unsalted sweet cream butter (room temp)
- 2 C powdered sugar (divided)
- 8 TBSP fresh lemon juice
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease a 10″ bundt pan.
- In a large bowl cream, the butter & sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time beating each egg directly after it was added.
- Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a second bowl.
- Stir flour mixture into the egg mixture a few spoonfuls at a time alternating with buttermilk.
- Begin and end with dry ingredients. Stir in lemon juice and zest.
- Pour batter into greased bundt pan.
- Bake on middle rack at 325 degrees for approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes. Check at 1-hour marker.
- Doneness check: when the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Immediately after removing the cake from the oven start working on the glaze.
- Begin to make the glaze by adding the ingredients to a small pan heating over medium-low heat.
- Stirring often until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
- Poke holes in the cake.
- Prepare the glaze with 1/2 cup sugar and pour half of it over the top.
- Let cake cool completely before removing.
- Invert onto a cake stand.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar and pour the thickened glaze covering top of the cake.
- Just prior to serving add fresh whipping cream dollops and lemon slices as garnish.
Lemon Bundt Cake
This Lemon Bundt Cake is so good. I love the light flavor of lemon and the moist texture. Plus the sweet cream glaze on top is amazing. You are going to love this bundt cake!
Servings: 16 servings
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter room temp
- 2 C granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs room temp
- 3 C unbleached all-purpose flour sifted
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C buttermilk
- 2 TBSP lemon zest tightly packed
- 2 TBSP fresh lemon juice
Glaze:
- 2/3 C unsalted sweet cream butter room temp
- 3/4 C powdered sugar divided
- 8 TBSP fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease a 10″ bundt pan.
- In a large bowl cream, the butter & sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time beating each egg directly after it was added.
- Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a second bowl.
- Stir flour mixture into the egg mixture a few spoonfuls at a time alternating with buttermilk.
- Begin and end with dry ingredients. Stir in lemon juice and zest.
- Pour batter into greased bundt pan.
- Bake on middle rack at 325 degrees for approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes. Check at 1-hour marker.
- Doneness check: when the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Immediately after removing the cake from the oven start working on the glaze.
- Begin to make the glaze by adding the ingredients to a small pan heating over medium-low heat.
- Stirring often until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
- Poke holes in the cake.
- Prepare the glaze with 1/2 cup sugar and pour half of it over the top.
- Let cake cool completely before removing.
- Invert onto a cake stand.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar and pour the thickened glaze covering top of the cake.
- Just prior to serving add fresh whipping cream dollops and lemon slices as garnish.
Last Step:
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Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 73mg | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 675IU | Vitamin C: 4.6mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1.3mg
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