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LEMON SUNSHINE CAKE 3 WAYS

This versatile cake can be made as a traditional bundt cake, mini cakes, or lemon parfaits!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Bundt pan
  • mini bundt pan
  • parfait glasses

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box Lemon cake mix
  • 1 box lemon pudding mix
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 8 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 lemon for zest
  • lemon curd
  • cream cheese or buttercream icing*
  • white chocolate chips or curls
  • Cool Whip thawed, for parfaits

Instructions
 

  • Combine cake mix with pudding mix, sour cream, milk, butter and eggs and mix according to cake directions on box. Prepare your pan by spraying with baking spray. Fill pan with batter, filling cupcake pans only 2/3 full.
  • Bake according to package directions for the size and type of pan you are using. Let cake cool and then remove from pan. Let cake/cakes cool further.

Lemon Curd

  • Split cake or cakes into layers and spread bottom layer with a generous spread of lemon curd. Replace top

Icing

  • Ice top of cake or cakes with white icing and garnish with fresh lemon zest and white chocolate curls or chips

Parfaits

  • Cut cake into cubes and layer in a glass or jar with cake, lemon curd, white chocolate chips and top with Cool Whip

Notes

*I used canned icing but you can make your own buttercream if preferred
Keyword lemon bundt cake, lemon cake, lemon curd, lemon mini bundt cakes, lemon parfaits, lemon pudding