Lemon Buttermilk Bundt Cake

By amt2mf

This Lemon Buttermilk Bundt Cake is super light and lemony! Grab yourself a slice for dessert or evening a snack.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan, 2 sticks
• 3 cups all-purpose flour plus more for pan
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• Finely grated zest of 8 lemons, about 1/2 cup
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup apricot or peach preserves
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

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 to 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.