My Lemon Bundt Cake Recipe will up your lemon cake game. Lemon lovers rejoice; this bursting with flavor, easy lemon bundt cake starts with a cake mix!
This delicious lemon cake is light, fluffy, and moist. And if you are interested in another easy cake mix recipe, try my Chocolate Kahlua Bundt Cake recipe.
You will want to PIN this recipe to your Must Make Cake Board! Easy, bursting with lemon flavor, bright fresh taste AND uses Lemon Cake Mix And Lemon Jello!
Why this lemon cake recipe?
Lemon cake mix, lemon jello, and lemon glaze all impart an amazing lemon flavor! In no time, you can serve up this amazing dessert. By starting with a cake mix you have a ready-to-go flour mixture and bypass having to measure out baking powder, soda, granulated sugar, flour, salt, etc. It is a real timesaver for sure!
This lemon bundt cake is a great go-to easy cake recipe. I love how moist the cake is! Typically I always choose chocolate first but this is the best lemon bundt cake recipe!
Lemon Bundt Cake from cake mix Ingredients
- 1 Lemon Cake Mix
- 1 Small Pkg Lemon Jello
- 4 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/3 cup water
- powdered sugar
- freshly squeezed lemon juice
Substituions And Variations
Lemon poppy seed cake can be made by adding a couple of tablespoons of poppy seeds to the batter before baking.
No bundt pan? Bake in 8″ or 9″ cake pans, prepare lemon pudding mix to put between the layers, and glaze the top layer with Lemon Glaze- Yummy!
Did you know a bundt cake can be baked in the Instant Pot? I love how moist the steam makes the cake.
How to Make a Lemon Bundt Cake
- In a medium bowl mix all ingredients well. An electric mixer works great if you have one. Pour cake batter in a 6 cup prepared bundt pan or a 9″X13″ pan.
- Bake at 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Make the simple lemon glaze for the bundt cake by combining the 2 cups of powdered sugar (confectioners sugar) and 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1 to 1 1/2 lemons).
- Let baked cake cool slightly. Pour lemon glaze over the top of the cake while it is still warm. Garnish with a little lemon zest if you like.
Lemon Bundt Cake
Ingredients
- 1 Lemon Cake Mix
- 1 Small Pkg Lemon Jello
- 4 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/3 cup water
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients well. Place batter in a 6 cup bundt pan or a 9"X13" pan.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Make the simple glaze by combining the 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1 to 1 1/2 lemons).
- Pour lemon glaze over the baked cake while it is still hot.
Nutrition
Be sure to not overbake. Bake until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Lemon Glaze
While the cake is still warm make a simple glaze out of powdered sugar and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Pour the lemon glaze over the baked cake. Glazing is different from frosting! The frosting is applied to a cake that has been cooled completely!
Serving and Storage
Do not overbake this cake! The cake is done when the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes before removing.
Loosen the cake from the sides of the bundt pan with an offset spatula and turn it out onto a wire rack to cool.
Store in an airtight container.
More Cakes, cookies and breads all with a cake mix!
If you are like me, I like the ease of starting with a cake mix. Here are more cake mix recipes:
- Snickerdoodle Cookies
- Butter Pecan Cookies
- Simple Sugar Cookies
- The Best Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Pumpkin Muffins
- easy banana bread
- all the BEST
- gooey pumpkin butter cake
- butter bars (my favorite!)
- funfetti cookies
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This was the first cake I learned to make as a kid…and still make it today 40 years later. It is delicious!
Can I use a yellow cake mix instead of lemon
How long should you let it cool in the pan before removing? I don’t want it to stick.
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Great idea, but I still need the éclair cake recipe. I will definitely try this one. I love pudding cakes. I do one in green & brown with half of the batter mixed with pistachio pudding & the other half chocolate.
Sandy
I have made it recently with no issues at all! Hope that helps.
Does this work with the new down-sized boxes of cake mix, or is it based on the old box size?
It is lemon jello! Try it you will love it.
it is lemon jello. It makes is slightly tart! So good.
Other recipes I’ve found similar to this call for a 3.4 oz box of Lemon Jello *PUDDING*, is it truly 3.4oz of Lemon Jello?
I LOVE lemon cake and I’m so excited to try this recipe but I do have one question. I’m just curious, did you use lemon jello or Jello lemon pudding?
We’re having a lemon party and this would be a great addition. Found you on Six Sisters. Hope you can come over. http://www.tumbleweedcontessa.com/blog/lemons-saturday-dishes/
Linda
I just put a cake in the oven. I think we are having lemon cake for supper!
I made a really similar recipe for Easter…I think the only difference might have been the use of a yellow cake mix instead of lemon. LOVED it!!! In fact I ate a lot of it this week! YUM!
I love this recipe, we call it “life changing lemon cake” in these parts. We make it a lot in Summer and Spring. It is the perfect cake for Easter, unless you fail to turn it out of the pan in time (because you were hunting for eggs) and it sticks in there and you have to spoon it out in unpretty chunks. Then it is the perfect “day after easter” dessert 😉
Yummy!! love lemon desserts, especially when they are easy 🙂
xo, Tanya
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