Lemonade Bundt cake (VIDEO)

5 from 11 votes

Lemonade Bundt cake bursting in lemon flavor is one of the bests cakes of all with a melt-in-your-mouth velvety texture and a simple yet very lemonade like decoration!

Prep Time45

Cook Time45

Total Time1 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 556kcal

Author: Katalin Nagy

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Lemon Bundt cake

150 g Unsalted butter room temperature (soft)
200 g Granulated sugar
2 teaspoon Vanilla bean paste
2 Eggs room temperature
110 g Yogurt thick full fat Greek or Turkish style yogurt at room temperature
45 g Whole milk room temperature
250 g All-purpose flour
1½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
Lemon zest Zest of at least 3 lemons or combination of lemon, lime and orange zest

For the syrup

75 g Lemon juice freshly squeezed
75 g Granulated sugar
few mint leaves optional

For the lemon glaze

150 g Powdered sugar sifted
30 g Lemon juice freshly squeezed, adjust the quantity if needed to achieve the right texture

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

For the Bundt cake

Start pre-heating your oven
Prepare your bundt tin, I am using a Silicone Bundt Cake mould
Beat butter and sugar with an Electric hand mixer for a good 3-5 minutes until fluffy. Add in vanilla bean paste and the lemon zest
Add room temp eggs into the mixture very slowly while your Electric hand mixer is still on
Sift dry ingredients together: flour, baking powder, salt
Mix the wet ingredients; room temperature yogurt and room temperature milk together for a few seconds
Switch to a Rubber spatula and fold the dry and wet ingredients into the mixture in 4 steps: wet, dry, wet, dry
Pour cake batter into the Bundt pan
Bake for 40-45 min at 175 C / 347 F until skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean

For the Lemonade syrup

Boil all ingredients together for a few minutes until syrupy consistency, then prick the cake all over on the top and pour warm syrup of the warm cake
Let the cake rest for a few minutes in the tin, then flip it over and let it cool to room temperature on a cooling rack before glazing

Make the citrus glaze

Mix fresh lemon juice with powder sugar until smooth. Adjust liquid / dry ingredient quantity if necessary to achieve the right consistency to pour the glaze
Pour glaze over cold bundt cake. Let it set for a few minutes and your cake is ready to be decorated with a few orange and lemon slices, raspberry and mint leaves
Any leftover cake can be stored in an air-tight container either on room temperature or in the fridge for 3-4 days

Video

Notes

INGREDIENT NOTES

Use always unsalted butter in desserts
All ingredients must be at room temperature to properly emulsify: eggs, butter, yogurt, milk, etc.
Try to use the best quality pure vanilla bean paste
Try mixing the citrus, I suggest using a mix of lime, lemon and orange

TECHNIQUE NOTES

Digital scale is required for a consistent, happy baking experience:)
Mixing the Bundt cake batter is super quick and simple however please follow the recipe in regards to 1. every ingredient should be on room temperature 2. whisk butter and sugar until fluffy then slowly add the egg in to the mixture 3. remaining wet and dry ingredients should be added to the mixture in 4 steps: wet, dry, wet, dry using a spatula. Do not use a mixer at that point
Always pre-heat your oven and consider using a digital oven thermometer for the best results
While baking the cake, focus on the texture, not the time, and apply the toothpick check (it should come out clean) to avoid raw cake
While applying the syrup, be mindful of the amount of syrup not to make the cake soggy. Pour a small amount at first, then wait until it sinks in

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