These Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes may be mini, but they pack a big punch of lemon flavor, from the cake batter all the way to the icing. They’re moist, sweet, tangy and refreshing, everything you will love.
I love to eat cake but I don’t typically bake an ENTIRE cake loaded with frosting and decoration. That’s definitely on the to-do list, but I have always preferred the single serving and mini kind of cakes. So when I scored this set of four 5 inch bundt pans from TJMaxx for just a few bucks, I had to make these Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- You’ll need a set of four 5 inch bundt pans or similar for this recipe. You can also use smaller size bundt pans if that’s what you have, just be sure to reduce baking time in this case.
- Plain greek yogurt can be used as substitute for the sour cream, I have used both successfully in various cake batter.
- Icing thickness and tanginess can be adjusted as desired by varying the amount of powder sugar.
- I made this recipe with homegrown lemon and store-bought lemon. For some reason the homegrown lemon zest fragrance wasn’t as powerful as the store-bought lemon. I think the lemons from my aunt’s tree don’t have a much oil in the skin, so just something to watch out for
Loaded with lemon zest and lemon juice in the icing, these Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes pack a big punch of refreshing lemon flavor. The sour cream in the batter keeps the cake extra moist, there is nothing worse than a dry cake I tell ya! These little bundt cakes will leave you smacking your lips and wishing for more. If I may say, there is no better way to welcome Spring than a batch of these delicious Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes!
More Delicious Lemon Recipes
- Lemon Shortbread Cookies
- Raspberry Lemon Cupcakes
- Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Lemon Blueberry Frangipane Shortbread Bars
Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes with Lemon Icing Recipe
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Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 4 ounce unsalted butter
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- Zest of 2 lemons
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
For the icing:
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice ((about ½ lemon))
- 1 ½ to 1 ¾ cup powder sugar
- Extra lemon zest for garnish ((optional))
Instructions
- Let all refrigerated ingredients come to room temperature, that includes butter, egg and sour cream.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Measure out flour, salt and baking soda into a small bowl, mix well to distribute thoroughly.
- Add sugar and lemon zest to the stand mixer bowl, rub together until fragrant and sugar turn a light yellow.
- Add soften butter to the sugar mixture and beat with the whisk attachment until combined.
- Add egg, sour cream and lemon extract to the butter mixture and beat again until combined.
- Reduce mixer speed to low, and slowly add the flour mixture, mix only until the flour is incorporated to avoid over mixing.
- Spray the mini bundt pans with a thin layer of nonstick cooking spray and divide the batter evenly among four pans.
- Tap the pans to level the batter.
- Place the pans on a large baking sheet and bake for 28 to 29 minutes in the middle oven rack.
- Check doneness by inserting a toothpick in the middle of the cake, if the toothpick comes out clean, it is done.
- Remove from the oven, and place the bundt pans on a wire rack to cool.
- When the bundt pans are cool enough to touch, flip them over and tap to loosen the bundt cake onto the wire rack, let cool completely before adding icing.
- To make icing, whisk together the lemon juice with powder sugar, adjust the amount of powder sugar to achieve the desire texture of the icing, thinner icing at 1 ½ cup and thicker icing at 1 ¾ cup.
- To ice the bundt cake, flip them over and dip them into the bowl of icing, then place them back on the wire rack to let the icing harden. Garnish with more lemon zest if desired.
Nice easy to follow recipe!! I have mini Bundt cake pans so I was able to make 9. I made three poppy seed, 3 blueberry, and 3 plain. They are so cute!!
Love the varieties! Thanks for trying the recipe Emily 🙂
Fabulous recipe! I used lemon juice instead of lemon extract and added a little cream to the icing and everyone loved the cakes! I will definitely make it again!
Thank you so much for this delicious, easy-to-follow recipe. I used a heavy duty, decorative swirl 6-cake mini bundt pan from Sur la Table, and the batter filled each well, just right. As suggested by the author, I substituted Greek yogurt for the sour cream. The results were moist and fluffy, with a good amount of lemon zest. Will look forward to making this again.
Thank you Eliz! So glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe 🙂
Hello, Did you buy your pans from TJMaxx this year? And do you know where else I can get the pans? I doubled your recipe and made a big one, it was delicious I would definitely make this recipe again. I made a thicker frosting to put in the middle and made little lines.
Hi Riley, I bought the pans years ago. But I have an amazon link within the post to the same ones. They’re just really expensive. I’m so happy to hear you doubled the recipe sucessfully! Did you bake it in a large bundt pan?
Absolutely delicious, lemony, moist and perfect. Easy to make too.
I forgot to mention that I didn’t have lemon extract so I used fresh lemon juice in its place. Was delicious. A keeper recipe, thank you!
What size were your mini bundts in the end?
About 5 inch, it’s a pretty generous portion, can probably be shared if you want.
Just gorgeous and they sound amazing too. Lemon desserts are my absolute favourites. I look forward to testing this recipe out.