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Lemon Bundt Cake
Arina Habich
How to Make a Perfect Lemon Bundt Cake with a Tangy Lemon Glaze
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Prep Time
30
minutes
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Cook Time
1
hour
hr
10
minutes
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Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
16
People
Equipment
Cooling rack
Hand mixer
Glass mixing bowl
Bundt cake pan
Blending whisk
Squeeze bottle
Zester
Ingredients
US Customary
Metric
1x
2x
3x
3
Cups
All-purpose flour
½
tsp
Salt
½
tsp
Baking soda
6
eggs
2
tbsp
Lemon zest
from 2 lemons
1 1/2
tbsp
lemon juice
1
tsp
Vanilla extract
1
Cup
Sour cream
1
Cup
unsalted butter
room temperature
2 ¼
Cups
Sugar
Bundt cake pan coating
2
tbsp
Vegetable shortening
2
tbsp
All-purpose flour
Cake syrup
¼
cup
sugar
¼
cup
water
1 ½
tbsp
lemon juice
Lemon glaze
1
cup
Powdered sugar
2
tbsp
Lemon juice
Garnish
Lemon zest
from 1 lemon
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and pale with a mixer.
Whisk together the eggs in a separate bowl.
Add in lemon juice, vanilla, lemon zest and sourcream.
In another medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add egg mixture ⅓ at a time into a bowl with butter and sugar alternating with ⅓ of dry ingredients, mixing between each addition.
Mix the batter together until combined.
Cake syrup
In a small saucepan, combine water, sugar, and lemon juice. Cook on medium heat until sugar dissolved.
Cool the syrup and four into the squeeze bottle.
Bundt cake pan coating
Grease bundt cake with vegetable shortening.
Sprinkle over with flour. Shake off access flour from the bundt cake.
Pour cake batter into bundt pan evenly.
Bake for 65-70 minutes.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
Remove cake from the pan and allow to cool completely before drizzling glaze.
Slowly squeeze cake syrup over the bunt cake.
Lemon glaze
In the medium bowl, combine powdered sugar and lemon juice.
Bundt cake decoration
Zest fresh lemon into the bowl.
Drizzle the glaze over the bundt cake.
Decorate the top of the lemon bundt cake with lemon zest.
Video
https://youtu.be/yu5hwr1jbz8
Keyword
birthday cake, bundt, Easter, easy, frosting, glaze, lemon
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