How To Make Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
Top with rich lemon cream cheese icing, this dense and moist bundt cake is made with tarty blueberries and zesty lemon for a dreamy fruit studded dessert.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cake:
- 2¾cupsall purpose flour,plus more for dusting pan
- 2tspbaking powder
- ¼tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- 1¾cupsgranulated sugar
- 2tbsplemon zest
- 1cupbutter,unsalted, softened
- 4eggs,large, at room temperature
- 1tsplemon extract
- 1cupbuttermilk,at room temperature
- 2tbsplemon juice,fresh
- 2cupsblueberries,fresh, rinsed and drained, but not dried
For Decoration:
- blueberries
- lemon,slices
- mint,fresh
For Icing:
- 3ozcream cheese,softened
- 1tbspbutter,unsalted, softened
- 2cupspowdered sugar
- 2tbsplemon juice,fresh
Instructions
Icing:
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In a mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer, mix cream cheese and butter until smooth and fluffy. Add in powdered sugar and lemon juice and mix until light and fluffy.
Cake:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a bundt pan well with non-stick cooking spray, evenly dust with flour and shake out excess, set aside. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric stand mixer set with the paddle attachment, mix together sugar and lemon zest for 1 minute until it appears pale yellow and is very fragrant. Add butter and whip mixture until pale and fluffy. Blend in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon extract.
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In a liquid measuring cup stir together buttermilk and lemon juice. Toss blueberries with 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture and set aside.
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Add ⅓ of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix just until combined, then add in ½ of the buttermilk mixture and mix just until combined. Repeat process with flour and buttermilk mixtures once more. Add last ⅓ of the flour mixture and mix just until nearly combined, then add blueberries and fold mixture with a spatula to evenly distribute blueberries.
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Scoop and pour mixture into prepared bundt pan, spread evenly. Bake in preheated oven for about 50 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
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Cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes then run a sharp knife around edges to ensure cake is loosened and invert onto a wire rack. Cool on rack.
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Spread lemon cream cheese icing over cake and decorate with blueberries, lemon slices and mint then serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 508.11kcal
- Fat: 20.65g
- Saturated Fat: 12.31g
- Trans Fat: 0.66g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.45g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.15g
- Carbohydrates: 76.66g
- Fiber: 1.50g
- Sugar: 52.65g
- Protein: 6.25g
- Cholesterol: 105.15mg
- Sodium: 272.48mg
- Calcium: 108.01mg
- Potassium: 123.24mg
- Iron: 1.82mg
- Vitamin A: 189.99µg
- Vitamin C: 6.05mg
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