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    Lemon Bundt Cake

    Feb 1, 2023 by Fadela This post may contain affiliate links

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    How to make the best lemon bundt cake recipe with lemon flavored glaze icing. This recipe is quick and easy to make at home, with a perfectly soft and moist texture and with a delicious fresh lemon flavor.

    Lemon bundt cake on a table with a lemon glaze this recipe

    This lemon bundt cake recipe is ultra soft and moist with a slightly lemony taste and its delicious sugar glaze flavored with lemon, a delight for all lemon dessert lovers.

    Bundt cakes are very similar to a pound cake in their texture and are baked in a bundt pan that has an original shape with a hollow in the center that looks like a kouglof or a savarin cake and that makes all the particularity of these high and fabulous cake.

    This lemon bundt cake has a very dense and moist texture, brought by the addition of sour cream and it has a perfect balance between sweetness and tangy flavor.

    Like other bundt cake recipes, it comes with a delicious glaze made with icing sugar and lemon juice, which provides the perfect sweet crust to balance the lemony taste of this lemon cake.

    >> See all cakes and bundt cakes recipes from the blog

    lemon glazed bundt cake on a table

    Ingredients and substitutions

    Here are the ingredients and possible substitutions to make this delicious lemon bundt cake recipe at home, scroll down to see the quantities in the recipe card.

    • Butter: Use unsalted butter with a softened texture.
    • Sugar: Use only white granulated sugar so as not to alter the flavor of the lemon.
    • Eggs: At room temperature.
    • Lemon: Preferably freshly squeezed lemon juice and organic, untreated yellow lemon zest. You can replace it with bottled lemon juice or use limes or other citrus fruits instead, such as oranges.
    • Sour cream: Essential for flavor and smoothness.
    • Milk: preferably buttermilk, which can be replaced by semi-skimmed milk or plain yogurt.
    • Flour: White wheat all-purpose flour.
    • Yeast: a mixture of baking powder and baking soda that you can replace with a packet of baking powder.
    • Vanilla and salt: essential to bring out all the flavors.

    Optional

    • Poppy Seeds: Perfect for adding texture, poppy seeds are a great addition to lemon recipes.
    • Red berries: fresh raspberries or frozen raspberries or berries to add to the batter.

    Useful tools: Bundt cake pan (Nordicware), baking spray.

    ⚠️ You will find the quantities and complete instructions in the recipe card.

    sliced lemon bundt cake with lemon glaze

    How to make moist Lemon Bundt Cake

    1 - Cream butter

    1. Place softened butter with granulated sugar and lemon zest in a large mixing bowl.
    2. Mix with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy.
    3. Add eggs, vanilla extract, fresh lemon juice, and sour cream and mix again with a mixer to incorporate.

    Tip: Use an electric mixer to make the mixtures or a stand mixer.

    Large bowl with sugar and butter
    Large bowl with wet ingredients

    2 - Add dry ingredients

    1. In a bowl, mix and sift together all dry ingredients, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
    2. Stir in flour mixture and buttermilk alternately with a spatula until well blended.
    3. Pour the cake batter into 10 inches / 20 cm greased and prepared bundt pan (10 cups Nordicware bundt pan).

    Tip: Mix the dry ingredients with a spatula to avoid over-mixing the batter and keep the cake moist.

    Large bowl with cake batter and dry ingredients
    Bundt pan with cake batter

    3 - Baking

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C and bake the lemon bundt cake halfway through for about 40 minutes until golden.
    2. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for at least 1 hour before carefully removing it from the pan and allowing it to cool completely to room temperature.

    Tip: If you use a bundt pan, be sure to grease the pan twice and especially the small corners for a perfect release. Wait until the cake has cooled down before unmolding it, otherwise, it may crack.

    baked bundt cake on a plate

    Sugar glaze

    1. Place powdered sugar, heavy cream and lemon juice in a small bowl.
    2. Mix with a fork until smooth and fluid.
    3. Glaze the top of the cooled cake with the lemon glaze and serve immediately with fresh berries or whipped cream or store in a refrigerator.

    Tip: If the mixture seems too thick then add more lemon juice and if it seems too thin then add more powdered sugar and mix again.

    baked lemon bundt cake with lemon sugar icing on a table

    Conservation

    In the fridge : You can store the lemon bundt cake in the refrigerator for 1 week in a storage box or under plastic wrap.

    Reheat it slightly in the microwave if the texture seems too firm to give it back some softness.

    Room temperature: You can also store it at room temperature under a plastic wrap for about 2-3 days.

    In the freezer: Lemon glazed bundt cake can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months well wrapped or covered in a storage box. Let it thaw gently at room temperature 1 day before.

    lemon bundt cake topped with sugar glaze

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    plate with forks and sliced lemon bundt cake

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    bundt cake slice on a plate

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    Lemon Bundt Cake


    4.1 from 7 reviews

    • Author: Fadela
    • Total Time: 45 minutes
    • Yield: 10 slices
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    Description

    Recipe for moist lemon bundt cake recipe with is lemony glaze, for a 10 inch/20 cm bundt pan (about 10-12 slices).


    Ingredients

    Bundt cake batter

    • 145 g (⅔ cup) Butter - unsalted and softened
    • 250 g ( 1 ¼ cups )Sugar - granulated
    • 4 eggs - room temperature
    • 2 tsp vanilla extract
    • 50 ml (¼ cup) lemon juice - about ½ lemon
    • 1 lemon zest
    • 90 g (⅓ cup) Sour cream
    • 280 g (2 ¼ cups) Flour - all-purpose
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • ½ tsp baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon of salt
    • 190 ml (¾ cup) Buttermilk - or semi-skimmed

    Sugar glaze

    • 220 g (2 cups) Powdered sugar - or icing sugar
    • 1-2 tsp heavy cream
    • 30 ml lemon juice - about ½

    Instructions

    Lemon cake batter

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C and prepare a 10 inches / 20 cm round bundt pan greased with baking spray or with butter and flour.
    2. In a bowl mix together the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and sift it twice.
    3. In a large bowl, place the softened butter with the sugar and lemon zest and mix with an electric mixer at medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes until smooth and creamy.
    4. Add the room temperature eggs, vanilla extract, lemon juice and sour cream and mix again with an electric mixer for a good minute to incorporate.
    5. Finish by alternately mixing in the dry ingredients and buttermilk with a rubber spatula until you have a smooth, even cake batter.
    6. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for about 40 minutes until golden on top.
    7. Check for baking by dipping a knife blade into the cake, it should come out clean with no crumbs or batter. 
    8. Remove the lemon bundt cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 1 hour before carefully removing it from the pan and placing it on a plate or cake rack to cool completely to room temperature.

    Sugar Glaze

    1. Place the powdered sugar in a large bowl with the heavy cream and lemon juice.
    2. And mix with a fork quickly until you have a smooth and fluid mixture.
    3. If the mixture seems too liquid then add more powdered sugar and if it is too thick add more cream or lemon juice to thin it out.
    4. Pour the lemon glaze over the cooled lemon bundt cake just before serving.

    Equipment

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    Notes

    Storage: Up to 1 week in the refrigerator under a plastic wrap or in a storage box or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 40 minutes
    • Category: bundt cake, cake,
    • Cuisine: American

    Nutrition

    • Calories: 338
    • Sugar: 14
    • Sodium: 245
    • Fat: 20
    • Saturated Fat: 12
    • Carbohydrates: 52
    • Fiber: 1
    • Protein: 5
    • Cholesterol: 102

    Keywords: lemon bundt cake, lemon pound bundt cake, lemon glazed bundt cake

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