Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake

Chef on the coast's Note:

If you like lemons - this is the cake for you! It reminds me of summertime so that's when I usually make it. I got this recipe from TOH and haven't changed anything. We like it the way it is. Times are approximate.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12-16

Yield: 12.0 slices

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

Glaze

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 3/4 cup sugar

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Beat in extracts.
4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk.
5. Stir in lemon peel.
6. Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
8. Cool for 10 minutes; invert onto a serving plate.
9. Cool 10 minutes longer.
10. Combine glaze ingredients.
11. Drizzle over warm cake.
12. Cool completely before serving.

Reviews

[~Leslie~]

What a delicious cake! Very easy to make and it slid out of my bundt pan like a dream. The lemon flavour is just as intense as I like it to be....perfect! I did make the glaze into a lemon icing simply for the look of it as I used this for a catering job. It got rave reviews from all, everyone loved it! Made for Aussie Swap :)

[TasteTester]

I made this for all the lemon lovers in our house and it is one great cake! The glaze has a very lemony taste and it's so good that I think I'll double it when I have all the family over next week. And the cake was so moist -- not too light and not too dense, just perfect. I'm going to double the amount of the lemon extract in the cake dough next time, but as I said we all love lemons. A great hit in our house!!!