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November 15, 2011

National Bundt Day 2011: Coconut-Filled Lemon Bundt Cake

cake staging by Katie, age 6.5
Three posts in one day? What am I, crazy? Well, yes. But I can't not celebrate National Bundt Day 2011. Mary the Food Librarian's enthusiasm for all things bundt is so infectious that I just had to break out some bundt pans and bake. (Please go check out Mary's blog for 30 straight days of flour, sugar, and sexy bundt curves. She'll be posting a roundup of all the bundts soon!)

What better time to try the Coconut-Filled Lemon Bundt Cake recipe from King Arthur Flour?  It's a rich, moist lemon cake filled with coconut meringue and glazed with more lemon. Rather than make a giant bundt, I made one half-size and six babies, two of which were given to my neighbor at the bus stop. It was Surprise a Friend with a Bundt Day!

I lemoned it up some more by adding a cup of King Arthur's lemon bits, which are more day-glo yellow in real life than in the website photo. And while the recipe photo on the website shows a distinct tube of fluffy white filling, mine really blended in to the rest of the cake - no big whoop, though. It still tasted fantastic. This was also my first foray into using coconut oil in place of butter, and it worked really well. Has anyone else jumped on this bandwagon? Any tips on using it in other recipes?

Happy Bundt Day to you and yours!
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownTuesday, November 15, 2011 9:20:00 PM

    I think Katie has a future in food styling :) I love the combination of flavors in this bundt, so many of my faves! I've never used coconut oil so I'm not much help, but I've heard good things.

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  2. Trevor Sis BoomWednesday, November 16, 2011 9:25:00 PM

    Well every time I wander onto King Arthurs I end up with a few specialty items that have to be used. I bet this cake was fantastic! I have never used coconut oil for butter...I'll have to look into that as I love coconut and can't think of much that I woudn't like it with.

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  3. AnonymousTuesday, November 22, 2011 8:30:00 PM

    Love the staging. She is very talented!!

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  4. JackieSunday, November 27, 2011 3:17:00 PM

    Hi Jessica

    You added a full cup of lemon bits along with the lemon zest in the recipe. With that added addition was the cake more of a tart lemon flavor or a sweet lemon flavor.

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  5. SaraTuesday, November 29, 2011 1:15:00 AM

    Ooooh, coconut and lemon - sounds amazing, a great combo! :)

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