Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake Recipe
With flavors of juicy blueberries and lemon, this Lemon Blueberry Cake is made in a bundt pan for an EASY spring dessert!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter , softened
- 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup blueberries , fresh or frozen
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2-3 tablespoons buttermilk
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350�F and grease a bundt pan with vegetable shortening.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and Greek yogurt with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Add the sugar and beat again until light and fluffy, then add in the eggs one at a time. Continue to beat until combined.
- Add the lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract and beat again.
- In a medium bowl whisk or sift together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the lemon mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, in increments of 4 each. Beat together just until all of the ingredients are combined and be sure not to overmix.
- Generously grease a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and spoon 1/3 of the cake batter into the bottom, add 1/2 cup of blueberries to the top of the batter, then add another 1/3 of the cake batter, top with the remaining blueberries and the remaining batter. Smooth out the top of the cake batter with a spatula and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Once the cake has baked, let the cake sit in the bundt pan for 10 minutes on a cooling rack. Run a knife along the edges to loosen the cake and carefully place the cake upside down on a cooling rack. DO NOT remove the bundt pan unless the cake drops. Let the cake sit for 15 minutes, then remove the bundt pan. If the cake doesn�t drop, carefully and very gently pat the pan and shake the pan back and forth. Let the cake cool completely.
- In the meantime, make the icing. Combine all of the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and whisk together until smooth. If you want your icing to be thicker, add more powdered sugar.
- Spoon the icing all over the cooled cake, top with more blueberries (optional), and enjoy! Alternatively, you can dust powdered sugar on the cake instead of icing.