Ingredients
For Lemon Bundt:
- 1 cup vanilla cake mix
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 tbs. lemon juice
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 eggs
- Zest of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tsp. vanilla
For Rum Sauce:
- 1/4 cup rum
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon
For Icing Drizzle:
- 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar
- 3 tbs. rum sauce
- 1 - 2 tsps. milk - if needed
Instructions
For the Lemon Bundt:
- Preheat Oven 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl combine the cake mix, flour and baking powder.
- Mix together the oil, milk, lemon juice and zest, vanilla, eggs and sugar.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until a smooth batter is formed/
- Prepare a bundt pan with butter and dust lightly with flour.
- Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until the toothpick test comes out clean. Let the cake cool before turning over to a cake plate.
For the Rum Sauce:
- In a small saucepan whisk together the rum, sugar and lemon juice.
- Bring to a gentle simmer and whisk for 2 – 3 minutes.
- Reserve 3 tbs. for the icing drizzle.
- Using a toothpick, gently poke random holes in the cake.
- Slowly, pour the rum sauce over the cake.
For the Icing:
- In a small bowl, whisk together the confection’s sugar and the reserved rum sauce until a thick icing comes together, if it is too thick add 1 tsp. of milk to the icing and whisk to desired consistency. It should be thick though.
- Drizzle over the bundt and let set.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American