Bundt Cake Recipes

1 cup butter softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel

GLAZE:
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
3/4 cup granulated sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2..In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs to the mixture one at a time and beat in until combined.

3. Add the flour, baking powder and salt and combine. Slowly add the lemon juice and milk to the mixture. Stir in the lemon peel.

4. . Pour the mixture into a greased and floured 10 inch bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 60-70 minutes

5. Cool for 10 minutes in the cake pan then invert onto a wire rack.

6. Put the glaze ingredients into a pan and simmer very gently until combined.

7. Put the bundt cake onto a serving plate. Pour the glaze mixture over the cake.

Sometimes you just want a basic bundt cake recipe which you can make really special by adding a glaze or some fruit to decorate.

2 2/3 cups white sugar
2 cups butter
8 eggs
8 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour

1. Preheat the over to 325 F degrees.
2. Separate the eggs. Beat the whites to stiff peaks. Reserve the yolks.
3. In a large mixing bowl cream the sugar and butter together. Beat in egg yolks. Stir in milk and vanilla.
4. Add the flour to the mixture slowly.
5. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
6. Pour the mixture into well greased bundt cake pan and bake for 80 to 90 minutes.

Leave the cake to stand in the cake pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a wire cake rack to cool. Decorate with your favorite glaze and some fresh berries.

1 cup butter,softened
1 cup superfine sugar
4 medium eggs, beaten
1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Topping:
5 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
3 tablespoons butter
Maraschino cherries or tangerine segments

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F

2. Cream together the butter and sugar. Slowly add the beaten eggs and mix together.

3.Gradually fold in the flour and the cocoa powder mixing well. Spoon all of the mixture into the bundt cake pan.

4.Bake for about 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

5. To make the topping slowly melt the chocolate. You can do this in a microwave or melt it in a small bowl over simmering water. Stir in the butter.

6. Pour the chocolate sauce over the top of the cake. Let it flow down the sides. Finish by decorating with cherries or tangerine segments.

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This orange bundt cake recipe is one of my favorites. You can use orange juice concentrate if you like but it tastes even better with freshly squeezed orange juice.

1 cup soft butter
1 cup. sugar
3 eggs
1 cup. sour cream
1 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tbsp. grated orange peel
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. cocoa
2-3 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup. orange juice fresh or concentrate
1/3 cup. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder

1.Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2.In large bowl cream the butter, sugar and add eggs. Beat for 1 minute. The add the sour cream, flour and orange peel to the mixture and stir in slowly until combined.

3.Grease and flour the bundt pan. Spoon 1/3 of this cake mixture into bundt pan.

4.Mix 1/2 cup sugar, cocoa and cinnamon. Add 1/2 of this sugar mix to cake batter in pan. Place another 1/3 cake mixture in the bundt pan, then sprinkle on the remaining sugar mix. Add last 1/3 of the cake mix.

4.Bake 50 to 60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. Invert on to a plate.

Orange Glaze

Combine 1/4 cup of orange juice and 1/4 cup of orange juice in a pan and simmer gently. When all the sugar is combined pour over the cake.

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