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  • heavenlycr7804535
    26 APR, 2018
    Baking time took longer about 1 hr 30 mins. and I did not get the brown outside just like yours. But it tastes really good. I like the balance of sweetness and tanginess. I am baking it again today. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
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  • dgpandeirada
    14 MAR, 2018
    Amazing moist cake I will definately make this cake again. I didn't put a lemon syrup over the cake I don't think it was needed. This cake was done much sooner than what the recipe says so keep checking the cake before the timer goes off.
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  • lwsourpatch
    4 JAN, 2016
    I made this for our Christmas family gathering, and it was a big hit. Our family doesn't like desserts that are overly sweet, so I reduced the sugar to a little less than 2 cups, and it was sweet enough. Also, instead of the doing the lemon syrup, I made a lemon glaze icing and poured it over the cake. Some lemon lovers didn't feel the cake was lemony enough, so the next time I make it I will do it with the lemon syrup to see if it will be more lemony. This recipe is a keeper!
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    • jrscrapple
      14 JAN, 2018
      For lemon lovers, try substituting lemon curd for one half of the sour cream. Came out very nicely for me.
  • jrscrapple
    13 JAN, 2018
    I wanted a lemon and chocolate cake. Used this as the base recipe except substituted lemon curd for one half of the sour cream. Mixed in some mini chocolate chips. After baking, added lemon sugar syrup and then a chocolate ganache glaze and sprinkled with lemon zest ribbons. Perfect.
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  • ALR11449596DW
    21 SEP, 2017
    excellent flavour and texture, but mine seems to become slightly hollow inside during the baking process. Am i over mixing? any suggestions? Thank you!
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  • rochellesm74057
    9 AUG, 2017
    My twelve-year-old made the lemon bundt cake. She watched the video, then followed the directions exactly as written. The cake turned out perfectly! So delicious!
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  • chekess
    30 JUL, 2017
    I made this cake exactly as the recipe stated and it imploded.Smells great tho
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  • tredick4icloud
    7 MAR, 2017
    Made this cake two times both times complete failures never so disappointed in my life I was looking so forward to this cake to take to friends house both times the cake psych like a big well I've never seen anything like that in my life that's why I made it twice and the second time was worse go figure somebody tell me what was wrong that the cake would do that
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  • cobaltcanarycherry
    1 MAR, 2015
    What a splendid flavor this cake has! It really fills a Bundt pan and gets quite high. There is a an error in the recipe, however, that will trip you up. If the lemon juice is added just after the eggs, even if everything is well blended and room temperature, the batter will lose structure and appear to curdle, and the crumb of the cake will be coarse and it will not rise well. Add the lemon juice slowly with sour cream, and the cake will be sublime, the best pound cake ever.
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    • deborahboyer
      27 FEB, 2017
      YOU ARE SPOT ON THAT THIS CAKE HAS A SPLENDID FLAVOR!! I'VE BEEN MAKING THIS ONE FOR YEARS, EVERYONE WHO HAS RECEIVED ONE, LOVED IT! AS FOR YOU HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ADDING YOUR LEMON JUICE IN THE ORDER THAT MARTHA WROTE, I THINK YOU COULD BE TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THEN NEED BE MIXING YOUR INGREDIENTS TOGETHER? WHAT I DO IS PRE MEASURE EVERYTHING AND LINE (OR GROUP) EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO EVERYTHING GOES TOGETHER GUICK AND EASY! (CLEAN UP IS A SNAP TOO BECAUSE IT GOES RIGHT IN THE DISHWASHER BEHIND ME WHEN IT'S EMPTY ) YOU ADD THE SOUR CREAM RIGHT AFTER THE LEMON JUICE ALONG WITH YOUR DRY INGREDIENTS, IF YOU DO EVERYTHING QUICKLY ENOUGH, THERE SHOULD BE NO CURDLING AND YOU'RE ONLY MIXING YOUR INGREDIENTS JUST UNTIL THEY ARE INCORPORATED, THAT USUALLY ONLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS ( DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR MIXING OF COURSE) I CAN TELL YOU THAT CRUMBY CAKE TEXTURE IS A GOOD SIGN OF OVER MIXING NOT FROM THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU ADD YOUR INGREDIENTS. ( I HAVE DONE MY SHARE OF CRUMBLY CAKES) I'VE BEEN A CAKE DECORATOR FOR OVER 35 YEARS. OH AND WITH THIS TYPE OF CAKE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BANG IT ON A FLAT SURFACE TO TAKE OUT ANY LARGE AIR POCKETS. THAT ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENCE. JUST FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG. READ A RECIPE AT LEAST THREE TIMES THROUGH THEN BEGIN TO GATHER AND MEASURE YOUR INGREDIENTS EXACTLY AS IT IS WRITTEN. BAKING IS A SCIENCE, COOKING IS AN ADVENTURE.
    • MS10692933
      8 NOV, 2016
      I dont see where lemon juice is added to the batter - only kemin zest - the juice is for the lemon syrup.
    • Mariby
      11 JUL, 2015
      Inspired by your program today - Martha Bakes! Lovely and while I did experience the curdling, having followed the recipe exactly, still it came out golden, light and as beautiful and aromatic as it is tasty - a refined lemon bundt cake! The best I've ever had! Grannie and I loved it!
    • auberginesung
      23 MAY, 2015
      whoaaaaaa... hold up there cobaltcanarycherry! you sure you're allowed to DO that... correct MARTHA STEWART?????? lmao! thanks for the tip, though... i'm planning to make it this weekend so i need all the help i can get. i love love love lemon cake so i hope it comes out good. if not i'll share it with your cousins in my backyard.
      • kwesleyatl
        21 JUN, 2015
        Great tip. for sure, don't add lemon juice until you add the sour cream or you will have a cake that is nothing like the picture.. also added a tsp of vanilla extract.
  • kimmy.davis
    20 FEB, 2017
    Delicious cake. If using dark pan cook on lower temp. I followed the recipe but I used a dark colored cake pan so I should have cooked it on 325 degrees. The top was clearly not done but the bottom would have been overdone if I cooked it longer. I had to cut off the top becaus it was not done.I added vanilla extra too. Didn't care for the glaze, it was a little too tart. I melted some vanilla frosting and poured it over the cake like a glaze.
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