Apricot Nectar Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x13-inch cake pan.
• Mix lemon cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Stir apricot nectar into the batter and mix well.
• Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned at the edges and the top springs back when lightly pressed, about 30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out clean or with moist crumbs. Check for doneness after 20 minutes.
• Cool cake completely.
• Mix confectioners' sugar with lemon juice, mixing juice in about 1 tablespoon at a time, until the frosting is fluid and easy to spread. Frosting should run slightly but not be a thin runny glaze.
• Spread frosting on cooled cake and sprinkle with lemon zest to serve.

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine cake mix with sugar, cooking oil, and apricot nectar. Beat for two minutes with mixer. Add eggs one at a time, beating for 30 seconds after each addition. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a plate.
• In a small bowl, mix lemon juice with confectioners' sugar until you reach desired consistency. Drizzle glaze over sides of warm cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Lightly mist a 12 cup Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray, dust with flour. Shake out excess flour.
• Place cake mix, gelatin, apricot nectar, oil, lemon zest, and eggs in mixing bowl. Blend with mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop machine and scrape down sides of bowl. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat 2 to 3 minutes more, scraping down sides of bowl again, if needed. The batter should look thick and smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place pan in oven.
• Bake cake until it is light brown and springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 40-42 minutes. Remove pan from oven and place on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• Prepare glaze. Combine confectioners sugar, lemon juice, and apricot nectar in small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat, stirring, until sugar has dissolved, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a platter. While the cake is still warm, poke holes in the top with a toothpick or wooden skewer. Spoon glaze onto cake so that it seeps down into the holes. Let the cake cool before slicing.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325; Grease and flour bundt pan.
• Mix all cake ingredients into mixing bowl and blend on low speed 1 minute. Increase speed to medium and beat for 2-3 minutes more.
• Pour into pan and bake until light brown and it springs back with finger touch: 40-42 minutes.
• Prepare glaze.
• Cool cake 10 minutes. Take long, sharp knife around edges of pan and invert cake onto platter.
• Poke holes in the top with ice pick or skewer.
• Spoon the glaze onto the cake.

Steps:

• Mix all cake ingredients, place in a greased pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F until done. Remove from oven and cool. Poke holes in cake for glaze.
• Glaze:
• Use a small pot. Add butter, sugar and nectar and bring to a boil until butter is completely melted. Pour over cake immediately.