Iced Citrus Bundt Cake (#17 TYSC)

Iced Citrus Bundt Cake
#17 of the treat yo' self challenge
counter cakes chapter

After the debacle of the potato chip / chocolate chip cookie fiasco, I was ready for something that had at least the possibility of being delicious. Unfortunately we were missing many of the ingredients for my top choices (i.e., anything with chocolate), but I did see this one that's more up Mike's alley than mine.

We had all the ingredients...kind of. Technically it called for a couple lemons, but all we had on hand was a couple limes. I figured that would be close enough, and thus renamed this one as an "iced citrus bundt cake."

It whipped up like a traditional bundt cake, and I was actually looking forward to it despite my general disinterest in anything citrus flavored. Not that I dislike citrus. It's just kind of "meh" to me. I'd rather have chocolate any day, and probably would choose berries over citrus. At least it's better than white chocolate or caramel, the only two dessert flavors I actively dislike. 

So with that ringing endorsement of an expectation of "meh," I had to laugh when this sunken mess came out of the oven:

Anyone know what would cause a bundt cake to collapse like this? It really cracked me up, it was so ugly.  (Maybe I overmixed it a bit? Or our oven is the worst one on the planet?? )

But the beauty of a bundt cake is that it's served inverted! No one is the wiser.

Verdict: Not bad! (Which is probably the highest praise I can give a non-chocolate dessert.)  Mike and Rose both enjoyed it, and I thought it was "fine."  Interestingly, they would have guessed it was lemon and had no idea I actually used lime instead. Good thing bundt cakes keep for a few days at room temp; hopefully my coworkers enjoy this one too!