Lemon cake

Want to have a bite of a fabulous lemon cake? The cake isn’t too lemony but just right. If you’ve ever had lemon poppy seed bread well then it tastes like that but still different. The cake is just fabulous to make when guests come or just whenever you want to make the Bundt cake. If you make this for a group of people at a certain time you’ll want to make it in the morning, because it takes time to bake the cake.

Here's some of the batter before it's mixed.

  

The cake when I took it out of the oven:

The cake after I tipped it out of the pan:

Now the cake with the icing on it! It looks so good.

Here's a the cake served on a beautiful plate.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, room temperature

2 cups granulated sugar

3 eggs

grated zest of 1 large lemon

1 cup sour cream

Lemon Glaze:

1/4 cup melted butter

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325°. Generously butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

Into a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a mixing bowl with hand-held electric mixer, cream 1 cup butter and granulated sugar; beat at high speed until mixture is very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down side of bowl frequently. Blend in lemon zest. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, adding each in 3 additions. Scrape sides of bowl frequently. Pour batter into prepared cake pan; bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted near the center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine lemon glaze ingredients in a bowl, blending until smooth. Carefully turn cake out onto a platter; drizzle evenly with glaze.
Serves 12 or more, depending on size of servings..