Kentucky Butter Cake

by | Sep 2, 2019 | Desserts, Holiday

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Kentucky Butter Cake

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This recipe is one of my family favorites for the holidays. It is a moist, buttery, sweet cake with a buttery sweet glaze that gives the outside of the cake an amazing crust. YOU WILL LOVE THIS!

  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

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For the Cake

  • 1 C Salted Butter
  • 2 C Sugar
  • 4 Large Eggs (room temp)
  • 1 C Buttermilk
  • 2 TBSP Vanilla
  • 3 C All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp Salt

For The Butter Sauce

  • 1/2 C Salted Butter
  • 1 C Sugar
  • 1/4 C Water
  • 1 TBSP Vanilla

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F
  2. Grease a bundt pan with real butter and dust it with flour and set it aside.
  3. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt with a whisk or sift it and set aside.
  4. In a mixing bowl, combine butter (softened) and sugar until light and fluffy (about 3 mins).
  5. Add one egg at a time, mixing thoroughly with each addition.
  6. In a separate measuring bowl combine the vanilla to the buttermilk, mix and set aside.
  7. Add about ⅓ of the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and mix well. Then add ½ of the buttermilk mixture and mix well. Alternate until gone. Starting and ending with the flour mixture and mix until combined well.
  8. Scoop batter in prepared bundt pan evenly and place in the oven for 50 mins or until tooth pick comes out clean.
  9. Remove cake from oven and poke lots of holes int he top of the cake with a tooth pick and let rest for about 10 mins.
  10. Butter Sauce Instructions:
  11. In a small sauce pan, over medium heat melt butter, but do not boil.
  12. Add water and sugar to melted butter and cook until sugar is dissolved (about 4 minutes).
  13. Remove from heat and mix in vanilla.
  14. Pour half the sauce evenly over the top of the cake and let soak in for five minutes.
  15. Place your serving dish upside down on top of the cake and flip it over to transfer the cake.
  16. Poke holes in the cake and pour remaining sauce evenly over the top of the cake and ENJOY!

Notes

Quality ingredients are super important here. I use Land O Lakes Butter (salted), and Shamrock Farms buttermilk and pure vanilla extract.

  • Author: Kim
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Additional Time: 0 hours
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 277
  • Sugar: 26
  • Sodium: 267
  • Fat: 13
  • Saturated Fat: 8
  • Unsaturated Fat: 4
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 38
  • Fiber: 0
  • Protein: 3
  • Cholesterol: 62

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