This easy copycat recipe for Nothing Bundt Cakes Lemon Cake is amazingly moist and tender like the real deal, but made for much less at home. The perfect balance of the sweet tanginess of cream cheese frosting and lemon loveliness!
Spray the inside of the bundt pan well with baking spray.
Add all the cake ingredients (cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil, lemon juice, and water) to a mixing bowl and beat with a stand mixer or electric mixer until combined.
Pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt cake pan.
Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes, then flip it out onto a plate.
Wrap the cake airtight with Press and Seal or plastic wrap and place it in the freezer overnight.
Remove the bundt cake from the freezer and let it thaw for at least an hour before frosting.
Copycat Nothing Bundt Cake Frosting Instructions
Set out the butter and cream cheese for at least a couple of hours before you plan to make the frosting. You may want to set it out when you take the cake out of the freezer.
Add the softened butter and vanilla to the mixer bowl and combine with a stand mixer or electric mixer.
Add the room-temperature cream cheese and continue mixing until combined.
Add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth and creamy. (Pulse on low until the powdered sugar is incorporated or you’ll have it flying everywhere).
How to Frost a Cake Like Nothing Bundt Cakes.
Cut off the pointed end of a piping bag just enough for the piping tip end to fit through. Push a large round piping tip down into the hole inside the bag so that just the end sticks out. I used a 1A piping tip.
Fill the bag with the frosting, push it to the bottom, and twist the top closed.
To ice the cake, start on the bottom outside. Squeeze a line of icing up and over the top of the bundt cake, and let it break into the hole in the middle. Don’t press the piping tip up against the cake when making the icing stripes to keep them nice and round.
Repeat all the way around the cake. How far apart is dependent on how much icing you want. Just keep in mind the goal is to have a line of frosting down the side of each slice.
Spread the remaining icing inside the hole until smooth.
Notes
Make sure the butter and cream cheese are completely softened at room temperature before making the icing.