Moist Lemon Bundt Cake

This is a moist lemon bundt cake, which comes together quickly. Most of the time is spent in the oven, baking. Did you know that today is the official bundt day? I didn’t and I am happy to say that I finally got round to making one again. This one contains yoghurt and stays fresh because of that. You can serve it with a little bit of lemon drizzle with a cup of coffee.

The longest part of making this cake is probably zesting the lemons. Other than that it is really easy.  First you are going to beat the eggs with the sugar until pale in color and thick in consistency Then you add the wet ingredients and then the dry ones. Easy, peasy. I personally believe the hardest part is getting the bundt cake out of the pan. Do you ever have difficulty with that? I am considering of making one extra blog post with lots of tips in that regard. As always, I was happy when I got it out the bundt cake pan this time.

Moist Lemon Bundt Cake

Serves: One bundt cake
Prep Time: 20min Cooking Time: 1hr Total Time: 1hr 20min

This moist lemon bundt cake is made with oil instead of sugar and comes together very quickly.

Ingredients

  • Batter
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon zest (approx. from two lemons)
  • 100 grams of lemon juice (approx. two to three lemons)
  • 5 eggs
  • 200 grams of regular sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 120 grams of neutral oil
  • 150 grams of yoghurt
  • 360 grams of all-purpose flour
  • 15 grams of baking powder

  • Icing, optional
  • 100 grams of icing sugar
  • 1-3 tablespoons of lemon juice

Instructions

1

For the batter wash lemons with hot water, zest and juice. Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius and grease and flour a regular bundt cake form (2 liters, about 24cm) thoroughly.

2

In a large bowl mix eggs with sugar for a few minutes until pale in color and thicker in consistency. Add vanilla extract, lemon zest and juice, oil, yoghurt and mix again. Add flour and baking powder and until mix until combined, immediately pour into prepared pan. Bake on lower rack for about 50-60min, an inserted toothpick should come out clean. Let cool for about 10 minutues, then wrap a damp towel around the form for another 10 minutes. Loosen the edges with a spatula and then release from form. If it is still stuck, place inside a waterbath (only touching the pan) for a few minutes and try again.

3

For the icing mix icing sugar with lemon juice. Thin out with additional lemon juice, next time I would leave mine a bit thicker. The icing is optional, you may also just dust with icing sugar. I usually place the cleaned bundt pan over the baked cake to keep fresh. That's the easiest way to keep in the fridge for a few days. On day 2 and 3 the lemon flavor will intensify.

As it is the international bundt day today, I decided to introduce the ones I have.

Bundt cake I have on the blog so far:

Chocolate pear bundt cake

Schoko-Gugelhupf mit Birnen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate bundt cake with red beets

Super schokoladiger Gugelhupf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raspberry bundt cake with yeast dough

Himbeergugelhupf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange cranberry bundt cake

Orange-Cranberry-Gugelhupf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

German eggnog cake

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4 Comments

  • Reply
    Susan
    Saturday November 15th, 2025 at 08:11 AM

    Liebe Jenny,

    Genauso mache ich auch meinen Zitronenkuchen und alle lieben ihn! Deine Form macht das Ganze aber noch attraktiver, richtig hübsch anzusehen.

    Herzliche Grüße

    Susan

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    Caroline | Linal's Backhimmel
    Saturday November 15th, 2025 at 08:51 AM

    Ich liebe Zitronengugelhupf – so frisch und aromatisch! Deiner sieht wunderschön aus.
    Liebe Grüße, Caroline

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    Bettina
    Saturday November 15th, 2025 at 09:09 AM

    Liebe Jenny,
    einfach und klassisch, das mag ich gerne! Und wie niedlich ist bitte der Begriff Gugelhupfburgen 😀 Hätte ich auch nichts dagegen 🙂
    Liebe Grüße, Bettina

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    Kathrina
    Saturday November 15th, 2025 at 11:33 AM

    Ich finde Gugelhüpfer als Plural auch viel netter als Gugelhupfe. Auf jeden Fall klingt dein Zitronen Gugelhupf sehr lecker. Zitronenkuchen kommt immer gut an.

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