Magnolia Bakery Lemon Vanilla Bundt Cake

"Another of Magnolia Bakery's wonderful recipes. The club soda makes for a very tender cake."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Grease and lightly flour a 10" Bundt pan.
  • In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  • Add the flour in thirds, alternating with the club soda, beating after each addition until smooth.
  • Add the vanilla extract and the lemon zest and mix well.
  • Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake 70-80 minutes until golden brown or a cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
  • Let cake cool in pan for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

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Reviews

  1. This cake can be five stars with two alterations. I know, because I had to bake it twice after the first one completely stuck in the pan (I still tasted it, but couldn't use it for the occasion). First, omit half a cup of sugar, bringing the total down to 2.5 cups. It's plenty sweet and the extra sugar contributed to it sticking in the pan the first time. Second, replace 1/2 T of the vanilla extract with almond extract. This gives it a deeper flavor profile. With these changes, this makes a moist, delicious bundt cake! I added a lemon glaze to mine--otherwise the taste and look is slightly plain.
     
  2. I am not a lemon person, so I omitted it and used an almond glaze for it... It was AMAZING. Next time I think we will omit the glaze and keep it pure with a dollop of whipped cream and maybe some fresh peach slices on top.
     
  3. I've actually had this recipe for awhile and have made it several times. It is a very moist, tasty cake. Thank you for sharing Marie! I had misplaced my recipe about six months ago!
     
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  1. This cake can be five stars with two alterations. I know, because I had to bake it twice after the first one completely stuck in the pan (I still tasted it, but couldn't use it for the occasion). First, omit half a cup of sugar, bringing the total down to 2.5 cups. It's plenty sweet and the extra sugar contributed to it sticking in the pan the first time. Second, replace 1/2 T of the vanilla extract with almond extract. This gives it a deeper flavor profile. With these changes, this makes a moist, delicious bundt cake! I added a lemon glaze to mine--otherwise the taste and look is slightly plain.
     

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