Melted Ice Cream Bundt Cake

Move your ice cream from the bowl to the bundt pan and enjoy this easy-to-make cake.

Candy Cane Bundt Cake - #BundtaMonth

It is time for Bundtamonth!  The theme for this month was to bake a bundt that captures the holiday theme.  I immediately thought of candy canes and how I could incorporate them into a cake. Peppermint alone may have a little overwhelming so I decided to go with a ribbon of peppermint through the middle of the cake, and crushed candy canes on top.

It's always said that it is the most wonderful time of the year right now, but it is the also the busiest time of the year, so for my bundt this month I took a shortcut and used a boxed cake mix.  Don't get me wrong, I love to bake from scratch but there are those times where having a cake mix in the cupboard can be a life saver. This cake can be put together and in the oven in about 15 minutes, and while it is baking you can make the icing.  From start to finish this cake should take you no more than two hours, and you will have an impressive treat to share.  You could even make it as mini bundt and give them away to family and friends as holidays gifts.

To Try Tuesday - Fresh Blueberry Cake

Sometimes you just need a quick and easy cake.  Sometimes that cake will involve a box mix.  Sometimes it will turn out so delicious you will vow to make it again and again.  These three sentences pretty much sum up this cake.

I am not sure how I ended up with three Costco-size punnets of blueberries.  You could say that it was bad planning on my behalf, but I like to think of it as good planning because I decided to make a cake with the extra blueberries.  I didn't really have a recipe in mind but I knew that I had a few boxes of cake mix so I decided to look for a recipe that would "doctor" it up.  As soon as I saw this recipe for an Easy Fresh Blueberry Cake on About.com I knew that it was the one for me.

At first the suggestion on the site of using a lemon cake mix appealed to me but I only had a box of white cake mix, and I decided that I prefer the taste of real lemons.  I love lemon and blueberry together so I did add some extra zest and juice.

This baked up so well in a bundt pan and was delicious both warm from the oven, and after it has cooled.  I think that little mini bundts would be great too.

This post is also linked to Torview's Purple Food Series Palette. 

Fresh Blueberry Cake

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Ingredients

• 3 large eggs
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sour cream
• Juice and finely grated zest of 2 lemons (about 1/4 cup juice)
• 1 box (18.25 ounces) yellow cake mix with pudding in the mix (I used white)
• 2 cups fresh cleaned blueberries

Preparation

1. Grease and flour a 10 to 12-cup Bundt cake pan or 10-inch tube pan. 
2. Heat oven to 325°F for a dark pan or 350F° for a light-colored pan.
3. Beat eggs with sugar until light. 
4. Beat in the oil, sour cream, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Continue beating until smooth. 
5. Slowly blend in the cake mix then beat until well blended. 
6. Fold in the blueberries. 
7. Spoon into the prepared baking pan; smooth the top. 
8. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
9. Dust with powdered sugar or serve with a vanilla glaze or lemon sauce, if desired.

Recipe by Diana Rattray, About.com Guide