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Lemon Honey Bundt Cake

Lemon Honey Bundt Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine Amercian
Keyword Bundt Cake Recipes, Honey Cake, Lemon Bundt, lemon cake, Lemon Honey Bundt, Lemon Honey Cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 42 minutes
Servings 8
Author Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Ingredients

  • 2+ 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons honey
  • 4 eggs
  • 9 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice divided
  • Zest of 2 lemons
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Grease and flour a bundt pan
  3. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

  4. Beat butter and honey until creamy - about 3 minutes

  5. Beat in eggs one at a time. Make sure each is fully incorporated before adding the next.
  6. Turn the mixer down to low.
  7. Beat in half the flour, then 5 tablespoons of the lemon juice, then the remaining flour.
  8. Beat in the lemon zest.
  9. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
  10. Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  11. Pierce the cake while still in the pan with a wooden skewer and brush 2 tablespoons of lemon juice over the top.
  12. Transfer to a wire rack positioned over parchment paper. Let cool completely.

  13. Whisk together the powdered sugar with the remaining lemon juice. Add some water if the icing is too thick.

  14. Pour the icing over the cake.

  15. When the icing has hardened, transfer to a cake plate. Cut and serve.