Kentucky Butter Cake
Moist and buttery cake made from readily available ingredients with a luscious butter sauce.
Servings per recipe: 12
Calories per serving: 508
Preparation time: 30m
Total cooking time: 2h
Ingredients:
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
- 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- 2 In a large bowl, mix the flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Blend in buttermilk, 1 cup of butter, 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 4 eggs. Beat for 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- 3 Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Prick holes in the still warm cake. Slowly pour sauce over cake. Let cake cool before removing from pan.
- 4 To Make Butter Sauce: In a saucepan combine the remaining 3/4 cups sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and the water. Cook over medium heat, until fully melted and combined, but do not boil.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 22.6g | 35% |
| Saturated Fat | 14.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 117mg | 39% |
| Sodium | 467mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 96mg | 3% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 71.1g | 23% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.8g | 3% |
| Protein | 6.2g | 12% |
| Sugars | 47g | |
| Vitamin A | 717IU | |
| Vitamin C | 0mg | |
| Calcium | 72mg | |
| Iron | 2mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 3mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 12mg | |
| Folate | 58mcg |
