Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake Recipe Sprinkle Some Sugar (2024)

This Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake is the softest, lemon-packed cake you'll ever eat! While this cake is a delicious treat all year-round, it’s the perfect citrusy dessert to enjoy during the spring and summer months.

Craving more lemon? Try my insanely delicious copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf Recipe or Lemon Blueberry Scones.

There's just something about the tart and sweet combination of lemon desserts that's just so delicious and this lemon bundt cake recipe is no exception. The texture is sort of dense. Think:pound cake.But it is SO ridiculously soft, moistand packed with lemony flavor! This cake is delicious on its own but the simple lemon glaze for bundt cakes on top really brings this dessert over the top and really packs a big punch of lemony flavor - just like my Triple Lemon Gooey Bars. The lemon sugar sprinkled on top makes it look even prettier while adding an extra dose of lemon.

Ingredients

• Lemon zest: Used in the cake and lemon sugar topping to elevate the lemon flavor even more. Zest the lemonsbeforeyou cut them in half for juice.
• Lemon juice: Fresh lemons are a must for the best flavor! I use the juice in the cake and lemon glaze for bundt cake for a strong and fresh lemon flavor.
  • Choose lemons that have a good squeeze to them . This = more juice!
• Milk: Whole milk is used in this recipe. I have substituted 2% when needed with no issues.
• Butter: Unsalted butter is used in this recipe to control sodium. If only salted butter is available to you, omit the salt in the recipe.

Substitutions & Variations

There are so many delicious ways to change up this lemon bundt cake with lemon icing to make it your own!

• Lime: Substitute lemons with limes for a lime bundt cake.
• Poppy seeds: For a lemon poppy seed cake, add 2 tbs of poppy seeds to the batter. An Easter lemon poppy seed bundt cake would be such a delicious addition to your holiday spread!
• Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake: For a lemon blueberry bundt cake, fold berries into the batter just before baking. You can also add raspberries for a lemon raspberry cake or even chopped strawberries for a lemon strawberry cake. Such yummy alternatives!!

How to make Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake

Step 1: Beat eggs on low until they are thickened, foamy and very pale yellow in color.

Step 2: Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla, lemon juice and lemon zest. Slowly pour in dry ingredients on low speed until combined. Stir in heated milk.

Step 3: Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 27-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Step 4: Thoroughly mix the lemon zest and sugar together and let it sit for 5 minutes. If you don’t want the lemon zest on top of the cake, push the sugar through a fine mesh strainer, separating the two and discard the zest.

Make the glaze by whisking powdered sugar and lemon juice, using more or less lemon juice as needed to get a thick consistency. (I like to keep mine slightly thick so it won’t thin out too much when I serve it over warm cake.)

Drizzle glaze over warm cake. Sprinkle lemon sugar on top of glazed lemon pound cake.

Pro Baking Tips

How to zest a lemon: Over a clean surface or cutting board, hold the grater in one hand and the lemon in the other. A microplane grater works best but you can also use a box grater - just be sure to use the smallest holes so you get the lemon zest very fine. Push the lemon down the grater in one direction, removing only the the yellow outer part of the fruit, being careful to avoid the bitter pith.

Leaving the lemon zest in with the sugar is totally optional, but sometimes I push the sugar through a fine mesh strainer to separate the two, depending who I am serving. It's all about personal preference.

Bundt pan size:You can use any 10-12-cup bundt pan.

Grease the pan:You want to be extremely generous with greasing a bundt pan - they are notorious for sticking!

If you love lemon, you absolutely need to make this.. like now.

Storage

Room temperature

Store cake at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Freezing

Cover lemon bundt cake without glaze very well in a layer of plastic wrap and then a layer of foil. Place wrapped cake in a freezer-safe bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in refrigerator overnight and allow to come to room temperature before serving. Drizzle with glaze and top with lemon sugar just before serving.

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