Source: allrecipe.com
By: Suzanne Stull
WHAT YOU NEED:
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup butter
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
For the sauce:
3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup butter
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
HOW TO MAKE IT:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
- 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.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- 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.
- Prick holes in the still warm cake. Slowly pour sauce over cake. Let cake cool before removing from pan.
And there you have Bu Susana’s Kentucky Butter Cake….your recipe for the weekend to try out with family and friends 🙂 enjoy!!
