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Lemon Glaze

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on March 26, 2013

Time

5 minutes, plus 3 hours setting

Yield

Makes about 2 cups

Lemon Glaze

Ingredients

3 - 4 tablespoons lemon juice (2 lemons)2 cups (8 ounces/227 grams) confectioners' sugar

Before You Begin

This glaze can be used with Marbled Blueberry Bundt Cake or another Bundt cake.

Instructions

  1. While cake is baking, whisk together 3 tablespoons lemon juice and sugar until smooth, gradually adding more lemon juice as needed until glaze is thick but still pourable (mixture should leave faint trail across bottom of mixing bowl when drizzled from whisk).
  2. After cake has been removed from pan and inverted onto wire rack set in baking sheet, pour half of glaze over warm cake and let cool for 1 hour. Pour remaining glaze evenly over cake and continue to let cool to room temperature, at least 2 hours.
Lemon Glaze

Lemon Glaze

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Time

5 minutes, plus 3 hours setting

Yield

Makes about 2 cups

Ingredients

3 - 4 tablespoons lemon juice (2 lemons)
2 cups (8 ounces/227 grams) confectioners' sugar

Ingredients

3 - 4 tablespoons lemon juice (2 lemons)
2 cups (8 ounces/227 grams) confectioners' sugar

Ingredients

3 - 4 tablespoons lemon juice (2 lemons)
2 cups (8 ounces/227 grams) confectioners' sugar

Why This Recipe Works

A tangy lemon glaze is an ideal foil for the sweet, fruity taste of blueberries.

Before You Begin

This glaze can be used with Marbled Blueberry Bundt Cake or another Bundt cake.

Instructions

  1. While cake is baking, whisk together 3 tablespoons lemon juice and sugar until smooth, gradually adding more lemon juice as needed until glaze is thick but still pourable (mixture should leave faint trail across bottom of mixing bowl when drizzled from whisk).
  2. After cake has been removed from pan and inverted onto wire rack set in baking sheet, pour half of glaze over warm cake and let cool for 1 hour. Pour remaining glaze evenly over cake and continue to let cool to room temperature, at least 2 hours.

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