Lemon Glaze Icing (for Bundt Cake)

Lemon Glaze for Bundt Cake is a sweet and tangy icing that takes 2 minutes to make with 3 ingredients. Perfect icing to drizzle on top of pound cake, cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, or any of your favorite desserts. 

This delicious lemon Bundt cake glaze is a fast, easy icing recipe that stirs together in about a minute with a few basic ingredients. It's the perfect finishing touch for your favorite Bundt cakes, coffee cakes, or other baked goods. We love it on this Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake, Strawberry Bread, and Lemon Blackberry Bread. 

If you prefer a thicker frosting, try this White Chocolate Cream Cheese Glaze recipe, light and fluffy Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting or the chocolate ganache I use on this Chocolate Cherry Bundt Cake recipe. 

🍋Ingredients

See recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full list of ingredients and exact amounts.

• Powdered sugar. Also called icing sugar or confectioner's sugar. There's usually no need to sift it when making a glaze because the lumps will break down when the liquid is added. 
• Melted butter. Butter makes the glaze a little bit softer, creamier, and richer. Either salted or unsalted butter is fine. 
• Fresh lemon. You'll use the zest and juice of one large lemon -- or 2-3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice. If you need more liquid than your lemon has to give, make up for it with a little orange juice, milk, or heavy cream.  

🍁Variations & More Glaze Recipes

Try these delicious additions and swap-outs to make different flavors of icing, keeping the powdered sugar and butter unless specified otherwise below. 

• Flavor extracts. Add a different flavor to your lemon glaze with one teaspoon of vanilla extract or ¼ to ½ teaspoon of almond extract. You can use clear vanilla extract to keep the icing white.  
• Citrus. Substitute lemon with limes, oranges, or grapefruits. Or add a second citrus flavor to the glaze. Orange and lemon, lemon and lime, lemon and grapefruit -- YUM! 
• Maple syrup. Add a tablespoon of maple syrup before you add the lemon juice. Add the lemon juice a tablespoon at a time until it becomes a pourable glaze. Or try this delicious maple icing recipe! 
• Simple vanilla glaze. Skip the citrus altogether and make a basic cake glaze. Add a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract and milk, one tablespoon at a time. 
• Chocolate glaze. Replace ⅓ cup of powdered sugar with cocoa powder. Skip the lemon juice and zest and stir in milk. Enhance the flavor with a little instant espresso powder or a drop of peppermint extract. 

🥣How to Make Lemon Glaze for Bundt Cake

Step 1: In a small bowl, add the powdered sugar, melted butter, lemon zest, and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Stir to combine. Add more lemon juice as needed until it reaches your desired consistency. 

Step 2: Drizzle with a spoon or pour the glaze on top of the cake.

👉Top Tip: If you prefer, you can place the cake on a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet to catch any drips. I like to place the cake on a plate, so the center of the Bundt cake collects all the yummy glaze and eventually soaks into the cake. So yummy! 

🎁Storage

• Cover the glazed cake with toothpick-tented plastic wrap or under a cake dome. Store the glazed cake at room temperature or refrigerated, according to the cake recipe.  
• Store leftover glaze in an airtight container in the refrigerator for one week. You can also freeze it and thaw in the refrigerator. Before using, bring to room temperature or, to speed it up, warm it in 5-10 second increments in the microwave until thin enough to drizzle. 

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