Lemon Buttermilk Bundt Cake Recipes

LEMON-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE WITH AUNT EVELYN'S LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.
• Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon extract into batter. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.
• Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons butter, and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.

LEMON BUTTERMILK BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325; grease and flour a Bundt pan.
• Mix the softened margarine/butter and sugar until fluffy, then mix in the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after adding each one.
• Add the dry ingredients, alternating with the 1 cup of buttermilk .
• Put your lemon zest and lemon juice in last and mix well.
• Pour into the Bundt pan and pop in the oven, baking for approximately 45-50 minutes.
• Perform the "toothpick" test to make certain it is done but don't overcook !
• While cake is cooking, prepare glaze by combining all ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. If glaze thickens too much to spread while standing, just add a few drops of lemon juice or milk to thin it down again.
• Allow cooked cake to cool on a rack for about an hour.
• Run a knife around cake in pan for easier removal.
• Invert the cake out on a large plate and then poke it all over with a skewer or long tined fork.
• Spread the glaze all over the cake.

LEMON BUTTERMILK RHUBARB BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Butter a 10-cup Bundt pan.
• Sift the 2 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Using an electric mixer with beaters or paddle attachment, cream the butter, sugar, and lemon zest together on med-high speed for 3-5 minutes, until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition, then stir in the lemon oil.
• Stir in the flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with the buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; the batter will be very thick.
• Toss the rhubarb with the 2 T flour and fold half of the rhubarb into the batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the remaining rhubarb on top.
• Bake for 30 minutes, then rotate pan and cook for an additional 30 minutes, or until the top of the cake is firm and the center springs back when lightly touched.
• Cool the cake in its pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes before inverting and removing the pan.
• Glaze-whisk the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and butter together.
• The mixture should be thick; if not, whisk in another tablespoon or two of powdered sugar.
• Spread glaze over the cake as soon as you remove the cake from the pan.
• Store-covered with a cake cover or plastic wrap, the cake will keep at room temperature for 3-4 days.