Apricot Nectar Cake
Mar 18, 2019, Updated Apr 01, 2024
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Apricot nectar cake is one of my favorite desserts. Lemon cake is given a twist with apricot nectar and topped with an apricot nectar icing to make this vintage dessert. A delicious cake perfect for any occasion.
Spring is in the air and I’m ready for sunshine, flowers, and my favorite Spring desserts like lemon cake, lemon cookies, and this apricot nectar cake.
This cake starts with a lemon cake mix which makes it fast and easy to prepare.
How to make apricot nectar cake
This cake needs just a few ingredients. You will need a boxed lemon cake mix, apricot nectar, eggs, vegetable oil, sugar, and powdered sugar.
***If you can’t find apricot nectar in the juice aisle, you can substitute with mango juice.
- Prepare: Make sure your bundt pan is properly greased. You can either rub it with shortening and then dust with all-purpose flour or you can spray with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix together lemon cake mix, sugar, apricot nectar, eggs, and vegetable oil in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the batter into a greased bundt pan and bake for approximately 35-40 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let cook in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Carefully turn out on a cake plate or cooling rack.
How to make the apricot icing
- Mix together apricot nectar and powdered sugar. Once the cake has cooled, drizzle the icing over the cake.
Tips for Making Apricot Nectar Cake
- You can usually find apricot nectar juice in the juice aisle of the grocery store or sometimes in the health food section. I have seen it packaged in a can or glass bottle.
- Use an electric mixer to insure all the ingredients are combined.
- Test to make sure the cake has finished baking by lightly pressing to see if it springs back. You may also insert a toothpick to see if it comes out clean.
- Make sure the cake is cooled before adding the icing.
Variations
Cake – You can substitute the lemon cake mix with yellow cake mix.
Juice – If you have trouble finding apricot nectar, you can substitute with peach nectar, pineapple juice, or mango nectar.
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Apricot Nectar Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box lemon cake mix
- 1 cup apricot nectar
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup apricot nectar for glaze
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease bundt pan with shortening.
- Mix together cake mix, 1 cup apricot nectar, 3/4 cup oil, eggs, and sugar in mixer at medium speed for 3 minutes.
- Pour mixture into greased bundt pan.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes.
- Let cake cool and then place on plate to release cake from pan.
- Mix together powdered sugar and 1/2 cup apricot nectar.
- Drizzle glaze on cooled cake and serve.
Notes
- Use an electric mixer to insure all ingredients are combined.
- Test to make sure cake has finished baking by lightly pressing to see if it springs back. You may also insert a toothpick to see if it comes out clean.
- Make sure cake is completely cooled before icing.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Have done these for years and today have done 3 sink the middle be for they come out what’s up
I’m sorry this happened. My mother and I have been making this recipe for years and years. There could be a few possible reasons for it sinking. Sometimes if you over beat the batter it can cause the batter to have too much air which might bake it collapse. It might also be an oven temperature thing. You could try baking 15 degrees higher. Hope this helps.
Mine did too. Hope it tastes good. Maybe 3 minutes is too long to mix? Any professional bakers out there know why this happens?
I have my mother’s recipe, which is the same as this one (except this one has more glaze and I’m all for that). Her recipe called for Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme cake mix. I read on a posting that Duncan Hines cake mix now causes the cake to fall for some reason. I used it and sure enough, it did. The last time I made it, I used Betty Crocker Vanilla cake mix and added a teaspoon of lemon extract and it turned out perfectly. Don’t know what it is about Duncan Hines now!
Every time I make this cake in sinks in the middle
Hi Debby, are you making it in a bundt pan? Couple things that could be causing it to sink: – Sometimes opening oven door too early could cause it to sink. Over beating the batter can also sometimes cause a cake to sink in the middle. Hope this helps. Have a great night!
Was given this recipe many years ago and lost it. Thank you for posting it! It was a hit as usual. Flavorful, moist and just a beautiful cake!
Yay! It’s one of my favorite cakes.
Love the flavor in this cake! That apricot glaze looks amazing!
It was delicious turned out great
This sounds so refreshing!! Apricot is such a delicious flavor & this cake looks so moist!
This was delicious! My daughter has already asked me to make it again! Thank you!
This cake looks amazing!
Fantastic recipe! We love apricots and this is so good!