Best Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake Recipes

Lemon Buttermilk Rhubarb Bundt Cake image

Provided by ratherbeswimmin

Categories Dessert

Time 2h30m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup unsalted butter
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 lemon, zest of
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon lemon oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 lb rhubarb, trimmed and very thinly sliced (3 cups or 12 oz. prepped)
2 cups sifted powdered sugar, more if needed
1 lemon, juice of
1 tablespoon soft unsalted butter

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°.
Butter a 10-cup Bundt pan.
Sift the 2 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
Using an electric mixer with beaters or paddle attachment, cream the butter, sugar, and lemon zest together on med-high speed for 3-5 minutes, until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition, then stir in the lemon oil.
Stir in the flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with the buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; the batter will be very thick.
Toss the rhubarb with the 2 T flour and fold half of the rhubarb into the batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the remaining rhubarb on top.
Bake for 30 minutes, then rotate pan and cook for an additional 30 minutes, or until the top of the cake is firm and the center springs back when lightly touched.
Cool the cake in its pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes before inverting and removing the pan.
Glaze-whisk the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and butter together.
The mixture should be thick; if not, whisk in another tablespoon or two of powdered sugar.
Spread glaze over the cake as soon as you remove the cake from the pan.
Store-covered with a cake cover or plastic wrap, the cake will keep at room temperature for 3-4 days.

LEMON BUTTERMILK RHUBARB BUNDT CAKE image

Yield 10-12 people

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature, for pan
Cake:
2 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided use
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 pound rhubarb, trimmed and sliced very thin (3 cups prepped)
Lemon glaze:
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar or more as needed
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon soft unsalted butter

Steps:

To prepare oven, pan: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 10-cup bundt pan. Set aside. To make cake: In bowl, sift together 2 1/2 cups flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In mixing bowl and using hand-held mixer with beaters or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream together butter, sugar and lemon zest at medium-high speed for 3 to 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, scraping down bowl after each addition. Stir in lemon extract. Stir in flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with buttermilk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with flour mixture and scraping down bowl occasionally. (Note: Batter will be very thick.) Toss rhubarb with 2 tablespoons flour. Fold half of rhubarb into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining rhubarb on top. To bake: Bake for 30 minutes. Rotate pan. Cook for additional 30 minutes or until top of cake is firm and center springs back when lightly touched. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 30 minutes before inverting and removing from pan. To make lemon glaze: Meanwhile, in bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and butter. (Note: Mixture should be thick. Add additional 1 or 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, if necessary.) Spread glaze over cake as soon as you remove cake from pan. To store: Wrapped in plastic or under cake cover, cake will keep at room temperature for 3 to 4 days.