This delicious and easy Lemon Bundt Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting is a fantastic spring or summer dessert!
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 55 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Servings 16slices
Ingredients
Cake
1standard size package lemon cake mix
1cupsour creamregular/full fat works best
1 3.4ozsize package instant lemon pudding mixjust the dry mix!
1cupoil
4eggs
1/2cupwarm water
1tablespoonlemon zest
1tsppure lemon extract
Frosting
8ouncespackage cream cheese, softened
1/4cupbuttersoftened, 1/2 stick
2teaspoonspure lemon extract
3 1/2 - 4cupsconfectioners’ sugar
1-3tbspmilk
1-3tbsplemon juice
1tablespoonlemon zest
Instructions
Cake
1. HEAT oven to 350°F. Coat 12-cup bundt pan or 10-inch fluted tube pan with no-stick cooking spray. Dust with flour.
2. BEAT cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, oil, eggs, water, lemon zest and lemon extract in large bowl with electric mixer on low until well combined. Spoon into prepared bundt pan.
3. BAKE 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
FROSTING
1. Beat cream cheese, softened butter and lemon extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Mix until well combined. Add in your confectioners sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
2. Add in 1 tablespoon milk and 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and mix until very well combined. If you desire a thinner frosting, add 1-2 additional tablespoons of lemon juice, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Once desired consistency is reached, fold in the zest of one lemon.
3. Once cake has cooled completely, apply frosting to cake. As this is a bundt cake, it does not have to be perfectly frosted. Garnish with remaining lemon zest.