Monday, March 21, 2011

Lemon Buttermilk Cake

I had some buttermilk that I needed to use up, and luckily I had a cake recipe I had been meaning to make... and it called for buttermilk. Perfect!

I had a meeting with a bunch of ladies that love Lemon, so I took this cake & came home with only 3 pieces left. Even more perfect in my opinion... I could make a cake for no real reason and didn't have to eat it all by myself! Whats great about this cake though, is if I did end up eating it all by myself, it is actually a LIGHT Lemon cake, so I would have gained only 12 pounds instead of 23! :)



Lemon Buttermilk Cake

CAKE:
1 Yellow Cake Mix
1 small Box Lemon Instant Pudding
1 Egg
4 Egg Whites
1 1/4 Cups Low-fat Buttermilk
1/4 Cup Fresh lemon Juice
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 1/2 tsp. Lemon Extract
1 tsp. Lemon Rind

LEMON GLAZE:
1 Cup sugar
1/4 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 TBSP Lemon Extract

Lightly coat a nonstick bundt pan with cooking spray. Lightly sprinkle a small amount of flour into pan and shake around until the entire surface is lightly coated. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Put dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. In a separate small bowl combine buttermilk, egg, egg whites, lemon juice, extracts, and rind. Stir just until combined.

Pour liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients  and mix together on medium speed of your electric mixer for about 2 minutes, or until well blended.

Pour batter into prepared ban and smooth out top. Gently tap 2 or 3 times to help air bubbles rise. Bake for 40-42 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove cake from oven and place on cooling rack. Let sit for about 20 minutes before inverting cake onto serving plate.

While waiting to invert cake, make your glaze by combing the sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir constantly for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat , stir in lemon extract, and allow to cool for several minutes before glazing the cake. Prick top of cake with toothpick and then spoon or brush Lemon Glaze over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb the glaze... repeat until all the glaze is gone.

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7 comments:

  1. LbrtychicMarch 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    Is this the cake we had at our meeting???? Cuz, it was AMAZING!!!!! I LOVED IT! {of course, I LOVE all things lemon!!!}

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  2. annalisaMarch 21, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    This was the one! :)

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  3. Naomi HanksMarch 21, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Wait...WHOA! What's wrong with me?! I just read your popcorn recipe, then went tearing through my cupboards to find some sweet treat that would halfheartedly curb my craving for all things "Condie-Creation", only to end up eating a giant spoonful of peanut butter and wishing it was a lemon cookie, and THEN I came back here to my computer and read THIS! CONSPIRACY!

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  4. jamieMarch 21, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    MMmmm sounds yummy! almost sounds as good as the lemon yogurt bread... I need to make that again and also try this one too! :)

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  5. AlanaMarch 22, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    hi. my mouth is watering.

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  6. AlisonMarch 24, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    Yum! Ann, did you get that email I sent with the lemon dessert? You gotta make it and add it to the blog for us. :)

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  7. MarijkeMarch 26, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    ok, this looks amazing! i love your ooey-gooey drippy picture at the end.

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