Froot Loops Cake

Name: Froot Loops Cake
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c. (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan; 3 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for pan; 1 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 3 c. sugar; 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature; 6 large eggs; 1 tbsp. lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 tbsp. orange zest; 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract; 2 c. Froot Loops, plus more for serving; 1/3 c. all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled; 2 tbsp. sugar; 1 tbsp. lemon zest; 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt; 1/3 c. chopped cold unsalted butter; 2 c. confectioners' sugar; 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract; 4 tbsp. fresh lemon juice

By Marian Cooper CairnsPublished: Jan 4, 2018

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Brian Woodcock

Yields:

12 serving(s)

Total Time:

3 hrs

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Ingredients

Cake

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for pan
1 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups sugar
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
6 large eggs
1 Tbsp. lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 Tbsp. orange zest
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Froot Loops Streusel

2 cups Froot Loops, plus more for serving
1/3 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. lemon zest
1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
1/3 cup chopped cold unsalted butter

Citrus Glaze

2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
4 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour a 14-cup Bundt pan.
2. Step 2Make Froot Loops Streusel: Place Froot Loops in a large zip-top bag; use a rolling pin to crush into pea-sized pieces.Whisk together all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), sugar, lemon zest, and kosher salt in a bowl. Cut cold unsalted butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or two forks until mixture resembles small peas. Stir in crushed cereal, omitting fine powder in bottom of bag.
3. Step 3Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Beat butter and sugar on medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add cream cheese and beat until creamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Beat in lemon zest and juice, orange zest, and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add flour mixture, beating just until blended. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Top with Froot Loops Streusel, leaving a thin border around the edge; top with remaining batter.
4. Step 4 Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack, 15 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
5. Step 5Make Citrus Glaze: Combine confectioners’ sugar, pure vanilla extract, and kosher salt in a bowl. Whisk in fresh lemon juice, a little at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
6. Step 6Spoon Citrus Glaze over cake and sprinkle with Froot Loops.