Almond Citrus Bundt Cake
Almond Citrus Bundt Cake is a bright and cheery cake with a tender crumb! It's perfect to fight the winter blues!
Happy Wednesday! Being in the middle of a week with negative degree temps (at least for those of us in the Midwest), I thought we could use a slice of cake to cheer us all up. I mean, I've grown to enjoy the colder weather that Minnesota has, but -50 degrees?! What in the actual you-know-what.
So yes. CAKE. And cookies...but that's coming on another post!
I actually made this Almond Citrus Bundt Cake on a whim. It was 6:00 a.m. and I had already been up for 30 minutes with my younger son. Then Lars, my 3-year old, came walking downstairs not much later and I knew we were in for a long morning. Some days I might think of something negative like "GREAT...this is going to be a long morning" or "why can't my kids just sleep in? I'm so tired."
On this particular day, however, I decided to change my perspective. I said out loud to both of the boys "Well, we are getting a bright and early start to the day! We're all just excited to get the day going!" Soren, of course, just looked at me with a blank stare and Lars said "yeah mama! I'm excited to watch some Paw Patrol!" Well, okay then!
For whatever reason, that tiny change in my perspective in that early hour of the day, completely changed the day for me. It felt like it was going to be a good day. I feel like maybe I could use this perspective this week, too. Like, maybe it's so cold that we can't go outside and preschool is canceled and OMG there's just so much together time. But, on the bright side, what a great excuse to get cozy, stay in our PJ's all day, and do some creative things at home. And not feel bad about it one bit!
Anyways! Back to this cake. I'm so glad I had the itch to bake that morning and decided to make this Almond Citrus Bundt Cake. It's so good!
Almond Orange Bundt Cake is Tender, Moist, and Cheery!
This bundt cake is everything I wanted it to be. The texture has a moist and tender crumb and is delicate but kind of dense at the same time. It's a delectable combination of almond extract, lemon extract, vanilla extract, and is so bright and cheery it can make us all feel like we are sitting on a beach this week!
The cake is topped off with a simple, but essential, orange glaze. It's a combination of powdered sugar, milk, orange juice, and orange zest, and it really takes this cake over the top.
We ate HALF of this cake in one day. What?! I told you it was REALLY good. Plus, it was mostly Marc 😉
Almond Citrus Bundt Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 ⅓ cups vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs at room temperature*
- 1 ½ cups milk I used whole milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
For the glaze:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray bundt pan with cooking spray and then coat with flour. I put a pretty good layer of the cooking spray on and then sprinkle the bottom with flour, moving it around so it coats every crevice.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and oil until well combined.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking until each one is combined.
- Add milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, and lemon extract.
- Stir in flour, salt, and baking powder with a spatula, mixing until just combined.
- Pour into prepared bundt pan, spreading it out evenly.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50-55 minutes. The top should be golden and a toothpick should come out with just some crumbs, not batter.
- Let cool in the pan for about 30 minutes and then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once cool make the glaze by stirring together all glaze ingredients.
- Drizzle over the cake.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
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