Lemon Bundt Cake with Cream

The scent of lemon zest fills your senses, and there it is, ready and waiting for you: a beautiful slice of lemon bundt cake, soft, dusted with vanilla powdered sugar, and filled with delicious lemon custard. If your mouth is watering, rush to the pantry to find the ingredients for this delicious preparation.

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Cost: Economical
  • Preparation time: 15 Minutes
  • Portions: 18
  • Cooking methods: Oven, Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 packet baking powder
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup milk
  • vanilla powdered sugar

Tools

  • Hand whisk
  • Bundt cake pan
  • Sugar sifter

Steps

  • Before starting to prepare the lemon bundt cake, preheat the static oven to 374°F and let it warm up. In the meantime, begin with the preparation. In a bowl, pour the sugar and 3 eggs. Mix with the whisk, then add the oil, milk, and grated lemon zest. Lightly mix everything with the whisk and add some flour. Incorporate it all, then add the remaining flour along with the baking powder. Mix everything well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.

  • Butter and flour a bundt cake pan, then pour the mixture inside. Bake at 374°F for 30 – 35 minutes. Once cooked, the bundt cake should cool in the pan at room temperature.

    In the meantime, you can prepare the cream.

  • Take a saucepan, preferably made of steel, and add 2 egg yolks, 2 tbsp of flour, and 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar. Also, add the lemon juice and mix everything with the whisk. Now add the milk, mix, and turn on medium heat.

  • Slowly but continuously stir until it reaches a boil. At this point, count one minute before turning off the heat, continuing to stir. Let it cool.

    N.B. If you want to speed up the process, you can also heat the milk a few seconds before adding it to the cream ingredients. I did this step, so the cream thickens faster.

  • Once cool, transfer the bundt cake to a plate. If you have difficulty removing it from the pan, use a spatula. Gently run the spatula between the edge of the pan and the bundt cake, then invert the pan onto a plate, and you’ll see it will come out easily.

    Cut the bundt cake in half, obtaining two discs. Take a spoon and carve a channel in the disc that will be the base. Be careful not to go too deep, or you will pierce the base of the bundt cake.

    Now fill this channel with the cream prepared earlier.

  • Cover with the second disc, and dust the surface with powdered sugar. Let it rest in the fridge for at least half an hour before serving.

    The Lemon Bundt Cake with Cream is ready.

Storage

Store in the fridge for 2 days, covered with a cake dome.

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