Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake

By darleneandjoel

Change this up for the season: add blueberries or cranberries instead of the rhubarb.

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter at room temp for pan.
• 2 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons ap flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp fine sea salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• zest of 1 lemon
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 tsp lemon oil (try sub'ing a couple teaspoons fresh lemon juice or maybe some lemon extract?)
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 pound rhubarb, trimmed and very thinly sliced (3 cups or 12 ounces prepped)
• Lemon Glaze:
• 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon soft unsalted butter

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 90mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350. Butter a 10-cup Bundt pan.

To make the cake, sift the 2 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachement, cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest together on medium-high speed for 3 to 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down sides of the bowl after each addition, then stir in the lemon oil. Stir in the flour mixture in three additions alternating with the buttermilk in two additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. The batter will be very thick.

Toss the rhubarb with the 2 tablespoons of flour and fold half of the rhubarb into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with the remaining rhubarb on top.

Bake for 30 minutes, then rotate the pan and cook for an additional 30 minutes before inverting and removing from the pan.

To make the lemon glaze, whisk the confectioners sugar, lemon juice, and butter together. The mixture should be thick. If it is not, whisk in another tablespoon or two of powdered sugar. Spread the glaze over the cake as soon as you remove the cake from the pan.

Storage: Covered with a cake cover or plastic wrap, the cake will keep at room temperature for 3 to 4 days.