Lemon Buttermilk Bundt Cake Recipe Epicuriouscom Recipes

EAST 62ND STREET LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake:
• Adjust an oven rack one-third up from the bottom of oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a plain or fancy tube pan with an 11- to 12-cup capacity and dust it lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In large bowl of electric mixer, beat the butter to soften it a bit. Add the sugar and beat for 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs individually, scraping the bowl as necessary with a rubber spatula to keep mixture smooth. On lowest speed, alternately add the dry ingredients in three additions and the milk in two additions, scraping the bowl with the rubber spatula as necessary and beating only until incorporated after each addition. Remove the bowl from the mixer. Stir in lemon zest. Turn the batter into prepared pan. Level top by rotating pan briskly back and forth.
• Bake for 1 hour and 5 to 10 minutes, until a cake tester comes out dry.
• Let cake stand in the pan for about 5 minutes and then cover with a rack and invert. Place over a large piece of aluminum foil or wax paper.
• For the glaze:
• The glaze should be used immediately after it is mixed: Stir the lemon juice and sugar together and brush all over the hot cake until absorbed.
• Let cake cool completely. Use two wide metal pancake turners or a cookie sheet to transfer it to a cake plate. Do not cut for at least several hours.
• Variations:
• I have made this with 1/2 cup Key lime juice in the glaze in place of the 1/3 cup lemon juice and it is divine. (But you should continue to use the lemon zest in the cake itself.)

LEMON BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Generously grease and flour a (9-inch) Bundt pan or line 36 muffin tins with paper liners.
• 2. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter and sugar and beat on medium speed until the mixture is smooth and light in texture, about 5 minutes. While the butter is beating, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt, and set aside. In a small bowl, combine the buttermilk, lemon zest, and 4 tablespoons of the lemon juice and set aside.
• 3. Add the eggs to the butter-sugar mixture, one at a time, beating well and scraping down the bowl after each addition. In 3 additions, alternate adding the sifted dry ingredients and the wet ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture, stirring on low until just incorporated.
• 4. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan or fill each muffin cup two-thirds full with batter. Bake until the center of cake springs back when touched and a skewer inserted near the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Bake cupcakes until they rise in a dome shape and spring back when lightly pressed with a fingertip, 16 to 20 minutes.
• 5. Remove the cake from the oven and let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Release the sides and bottom of the cake from the pan with a narrow metal spatula or knife. Invert the pan and turn out the cake. Place a wire rack in a baking pan and set the cake, right side up, on the rack.
• 6. In a small bowl, combine the confectioner's sugar, the remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon cold water and stir until very smooth. Add a little more confectioners' sugar or water as necessary to achieve a glaze consistency (similar to that of honey). Spoon the glaze evenly over the cake. When the glaze has firmed, transfer the cake to a plate. Slice and serve at room temperature.

LEMON-BUTTERMILK BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour Bundt pan; set aside. Whisk baking powder, salt, and 3 cups flour in a medium bowl. Combine sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl; using your fingertips, rub together until lemon sugar is well blended.
• Add 1 cup butter to lemon sugar. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat until mixture is light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend between additions and occasionally scraping down sides and bottom of bowl with a rubber spatula, until mixture is light and very fluffy, about 4 minutes longer.
• Reduce speed to low. Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Scrape batter into prepared pan; smooth top.
• Bake cake until golden brown and beginning to pull away from sides of pan, 60-70 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto rack; remove pan and let cool completely. DO AHEAD: Cake can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
• Combine preserves and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until glaze is reduced to 1/2 cup, 6-8 minutes. Strain glaze into a small pitcher or bowl; discard solids in strainer. Pour glaze over cooled cake and let sit for at least 10 minutes.

LEMON BUTTERMILK RHUBARB BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• To prepare oven, pan: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 10-cup bundt pan. Set aside. To make cake: In bowl, sift together 2 1/2 cups flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In mixing bowl and using hand-held mixer with beaters or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream together butter, sugar and lemon zest at medium-high speed for 3 to 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, scraping down bowl after each addition. Stir in lemon extract. Stir in flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with flour mixture and scraping down bowl occasionally. (Note: Batter will be very thick.) Toss rhubarb with 2 tablespoons flour. Fold half of rhubarb into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining rhubarb on top. To bake: Bake for 30 minutes. Rotate pan. Cook for additional 30 minutes or until top of cake is firm and center springs back when lightly touched. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 30 minutes before inverting and removing from pan. To make lemon glaze: Meanwhile, in bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and butter. (Note: Mixture should be thick. Add additional 1 or 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, if necessary.) Spread glaze over cake as soon as you remove cake from pan. To store: Wrapped in plastic or under cake cover, cake will keep at room temperature for 3 to 4 days.

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.