lemon bundt cake

i've always wanted a bundt pan, the dense cake with a browned yummy crust around every piece is just heaven, but i'm awful at greasing and flouring pans so something like a bundt pan just doesn't appeal to me... it would come out broken or not attractive due to flour clumbs, but then i saw an episode of the martha stewart show and i decided i needed a bundt pan.

so of course, i had to get the nordic ware 60th anniversary bundt pan and TADA! it came out ridiculously easy, it came out pretty and i was extra careful in buttering and flouring the pan

i could have dusted the top with powdered sugar, but i'm out of powdered sugar and i didn't want to pull the blender out to make powdered sugar

i could have glazed the top which is typical of bundt ckes, but i didn't want something too sweet\

i decided to try out SQIRL's blood orange and vanilla bean marmalade which i got at artisanal LA and thought this would be perfect

the lemony sweetness of the cake with the tart blood orange and slight hint of vanilla was the perfect combination.

lemon bundt cake

adapted from allrecipe's glazed lemon bundt cake

2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

4 large eggs, at room temperature

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

1 1/2 teaspoons lemon extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup almond milk

zest of 1 lemon

melted unsalted butter and all-purpose flour, for prepping the pan

Preheat oven to 350`.

Butter and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.  Set aside

Cream butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. 

Add eggs one at a time.  Stir in vanilla and lemon extract. 

Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl.

Add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, alternating with the milk, and finishing with the dry ingredients.  Stir in lemon zest.

Pour into prepared bundt pan.

Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.

Invert onto wire rack and cake should come out easily.