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Easy Lemon Bundt Cake

Easy Lemon Bundt Cake starts with a cake mix and is bursting with lemon flavor. The warm cake is soaked with a lemon butter sauce!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 10
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 120
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cake Ingredients
  • 1 box lemon cake mix
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon butter extract (optional) it pumps up the butter flavor of the cake
  • 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
Lemon Butter Sauce
  • 0.25 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.25 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice from 1-2 lemons
  • 1 zest of one lemon
  • 0.04 pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Finishing
  • 1 cup powdered sugar for dusting

Method
 

Preparation Steps
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 12-cup bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray (the kind with flour) or butter and flour it.
  2. Use a hand or a stand mixer to beat the cake mix, butter, eggs, milk, extract, and pudding mix until a thick batter forms. Pour into prepared pan.
  3. Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 10 minutes but keep it in the pan.
  4. While the cake is baking, make the sauce. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Stir in the sugar, lemon juice, zest and salt and cook until it just simmers (bubbles around the edges). Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
  5. Poke several holes in the cake using a long skewer and pour the butter sauce over the cake. Cool in pan completely, then remove to serving plate. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Notes

This cake is incredibly moist and perfect for any occasion. Let it cool completely before removing from the pan for best results.