This lemon blueberry mini bundt cake recipe is perfect for an Easter brunch, picnic, or even just a Sunday morning with the family!
Get the recipe as well as my tips to make your bundt cakes (small or big!) successful. Includes video at the bottom.
After the positive outcry on our individual lemon blueberry crisp recipe, we decided to switch things up a bit and crank out another picnic/party friendly (and related) recipe. This one is great for spring or Easter desserts – even summer. Actually it’s a great fruit dessert for any time of year!
I’ve known about bundt cakes for a long time, but can you believe I hadn’t heard of mini bundt cakes until recently? If I’ve ever seen them before, I don’t remember.
And I lived in the South for almost 15 years! What spawned the desire to make this small bundt cakes recipe is really the cute mini fluted pans I saw while out shopping with my mother.
That’s how this lemon blueberry mini bundt cakes recipe came to be! Scroll to the end of the post to get a recipe and video.
For this recipe, I used a 12-cavity mini bundt cake pan. The finished product ends up being about 2 1/4 – 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
I realized that lemon blueberry mini bundt cakes were in order (based on my crisp recipe), and that they would be perfect to make for Easter brunch or for a spring picnic. Or maybe “just because” for the family on a Sunday morning!
Did you know that there’s no real “bundt cake” recipe? These days, pretty much anything in a bundt style or fluted pan is called a “bundt cake” – due to the round shape with the hole or indentation in the center.
Sometimes it doesn’t even need the hole! The only consistency besides that seems to be that bundt cakes are more dense and then also glazed instead of frosted. Besides that, the skies the limit!
This lemon blueberry mini bundt cake recipe is light and airy with a flavor of lemon that isn’t too overwhelming – since the people around me love lemon but not too much lemon.
You can also incorporate fresh blueberries (don’t you love it when they are juicy?) for the perfect spring taste.
Ingredients, Serves 12
Cakes
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 T lemon zest
Cake Glaze
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
Gather all of these ingredients and then check out the recipe for these bite sized desserts below.
If you try this mini bundt cakes recipe, please let me know in the comments . . . and don’t forget to scroll down for the video!
Lemon Blueberry Mini Bundt Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
Mini Bundt Cakes
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 stick butter softened at room temperature
- 2 egg(s) large
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 T lemon zest
Mini Bundt Cake Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 T lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F°. Grease and flour your mini bundt pan or spray with non stick cooking spray.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt to a bowl. Stir to combine and set aside.
- Add the sugar, butter, and two eggs to a bowl. Mix until all ingredients just combined.
- Add the buttermilk and mix into the batter.
- Add flour, baking powder, salt, and mix until just combined.
- Grate in some lemon zest and add the lemon juice; stir to combine.
- Fold in the blueberries, putting in a few handfuls (about 1/2 cup). Fold in lightly with a spoon or spatula; don't stir or beat.
- Place the batter in your prepared pan and place into the oven.
- Bake for 16 – 24 minutes. Check at 16 minutes and then at 20 minutes using a toothpick.
- Remove from oven and let bundt cakes cool for 5 – 10 minutes. Remove from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Place the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Whisk together and add more juice if needed.
- Drizzle glaze over the top of the bundt cakes on the wire rack. Let the glaze set before serving.
Video
Nutrition
Did you enjoy these mini bundt cakes? Let me know in the comments! I’d also love for you to check out these other delicious seasonal dessert recipes:
Bel
Monday 28th of March 2022
These were easy to make and everyone loved them!
Nicole
Monday 29th of March 2021
Such a great recipe!