Shelly's Recipe

KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE

Category: Cakes

3 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 c real butter
2 c sugar
4 eggs
1 c buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla or rum extract

Butter Sauce
1 c sugar
1/4 c water
1/2 c butter
1 tsp vanilla or rum extract

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour bundt pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside.

Cream: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, and then blend in eggs, mix in buttermilk, and vanilla, adding alternately milk and flour mixture into creamed mixture. Pour in bundt pan and bake for 1 hour.

Butter Sauce: In medium sauce pan on medium heat mix sugar, water and butter, bring to low boil , stirring until sugar is dissolved, add vanilla, When cake is still very hot, leave in bundt pan, poke small holes in top and drizzle butter sauce over cake, Transfer to dish and dust with powder sugar.

NOTE: I usually double the butter sauce.