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Lemon Bundt Cake

4.4 from 34 reviews

This Lemon Bundt Cake is moist and full of fresh lemon flavour! A fresh sugar lemon glaze is drizzled over and into the baked cake, taking it to the next level. So delicious. If you’re a lemon lover, you’ll love this cake!

Ingredients

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Lemon Cake:

  • 1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • zest from 1 lemon
  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice (1 lemon yields about this amount)

Lemon Glaze Topping:

  • juice from 1/2 fresh lemon (about 2 tablespoons lemon juice)
  • 2 tbsp sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Prepare a Bundt pan by rubbing the inside of the pan with butter then dust it lightly with flour (or you can use an oil/flour spray, these are great for prepping pans). Set aside.
  3. With an electric mixer cream together the butter and sugar.
  4. Add the eggs, one at a time.
  5. Then add the vanilla.
  6. Mix in the lemon zest.
  7. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour and baking powder.
  8. To the butter mix, add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 of the fresh lemon juice, then the 1/3 of the flour mix, then 1/2 of the milk. Repeat until all combined.
  9. Pour the cake batter into your prepared Bundt pan. Use a rubber spatula to smooth the batter.
  10. Bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  11. Let the cake cool for about 10 minutes in the pan, then turn the cake out onto a plate.
  12. While the cake is cooling, combine the juice from 1/2 of a lemon with 2 tbsp of sugar.
  13. Gently poke the cake with a knife, then pour the lemon/sugar mixture over the top of the cake.
  14. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
  15. Serve and enjoy!

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