Ginger Glazed Lemon Bundt Food

HOMEMADE LEMON BUNDT CAKE WITH GINGER LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with nonstick baking spray and preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Combine buttermilk, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla in a small bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat together the butter and sugar on medium-high. Add eggs one at a time and combine.
• Reduce the speed of the mixer to low and add flour mixture in thirds, alternating with two halves of the buttermilk mixture. Mix until just combined.
• Pour batter into the greased Bundt pan and bake at 350°F for about 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to cool for 10-15 minutes, then turn the cake out of the pan on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before glazing.
• Crush the crystallized ginger with a rolling pin or mortar and pestle to form a paste.
• Add powdered sugar, ginger, lemon juice, and buttermilk in a bowl and whisk until fully combined.
• NOTE: This is a thick glaze. If you want it to be a thinner consistency, add more buttermilk a tablespoon at a time until it is the consistency you want.
• Drizzle or pour glaze over the top of the cake.
• Allow the glaze to harden, then serve.

GINGER-GLAZED LEMON BUNDT

Steps:

• For sugared cranberries, heat corn syrup in a microwave until warm; gently toss cranberries in syrup, allowing excess to drip off. Toss in sugar to coat. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set, about 1 hour. , Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and extract., In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., Mix confectioners' sugar, butter, lemon juice and ginger until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Top with sugared cranberries.

GINGER-GLAZED LEMON BUNDT

Steps:

• For sugared cranberries, heat corn syrup in a microwave until warm; gently toss cranberries in syrup, allowing excess to drip off. Toss in sugar to coat. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set, about 1 hour. , Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and extract., In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with yogurt, beating well after each addition., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., Mix confectioners' sugar, butter, lemon juice and ginger until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Top with sugared cranberries.

GINGER-CHAI GLAZED BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Set a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350°.
• Prepare a bundt pan by brushing with melted butter and sprinkling with flour, tapping out the excess flour.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar till creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, mix thoroughly, stop and scrape as you go to ensure even mixing.
• Add the flour mixture and chai alternately, beginning and ending with the flour in three parts and the chai in two parts. Mix thoroughly after each addition.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top and bake for about 40 - 45 minutes, until the top springs back when pressed gently with a finger. Cool on a rack for about 20 - 30 minutes, depan and cool completely. (Place in freezer at this point to aid in glazing).
• To make the glaze, sift the powdered sugar with the spices and stir in the chai extract, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, to form a smooth, thick yet pourable glaze. It should be thick and ropy to cling to the cake. Set the cake on a rack over a plate and spoon the glaze in a circular fashion over the cake. Let it fall in place or smooth with an offset spatula, as you like. After a few minutes, spoon the dripped glaze from the plate back over the cake. Press the crystallized ginger onto the glaze as it sets, if using.

LEMON GINGER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Generously butter a 4 to 5 cup nonstick bundt, kugelhopf or loaf pan, and then flour it, knocking out excess.
• Chill 10 minutes.
• Finely grind together fresh ginger and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor (mixture will be wet).
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, ground ginger, and salt.
• Stir together milk and vanilla in a small bowl.
• Beat together butter, remaining 1/2 cup plus 2 TBS sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Alternately add flour and milk mixtures to butter and eggs in 4 batches, beginning with flour and mixing at low speed until each batch is just incorporated.
• Mix in ginger sugar until just combined, then lemon juice.
• Spoon batter into pan, smoothing top, and bake in middle of the oven until golden brown on top and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes (about 1 hour for loaf pan).
• Carefully loosen edges with a knife and immediately invert cake onto a rack to cool completely.
• Gradually add confectioners' sugar to 1 TBS lemon juice, whisking until smooth and adding more juice, 1 drop at a time, if glaze is too thick.
• Drizzle decoratively over top of cake.
• Serve to six very lucky friends or family members!

LEMON GINGER BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and flour a 12 cup bundt pan, set aside, In a medium bowl whisk flour, zest, ginger baking soda and salt.
• Using electric mixer beat butter and sugar until fluffy about 4-5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Mix lemon juice with mixer on low speed. Alternate the addition of the flour mixture and sour cream in 3 parts, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until incorporated.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, smooth top and tap pan. Bake 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. (if cake browns to quickly, tent loosely with aluminum foil). Let cake cool 30 minutes, and then turn out onto cooling rack. Dust cake with confectionery sugar.