Kentucky Butter Cake
This Kentucky Butter Cake is a classic for a reason! It's an old fashioned cake recipe that never goes out of style. If you havent tried this one you need to add it to your recipe list!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 sticks butter softened
- 2 teaspoons rum can use more(If you don’t use alcohol, you can substitute vanilla extract or rum extract)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Rum Sauce Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons rum can use more (If you don’t use alcohol, you can substitute vanilla extract or rum extract)
Instructions
- In a large bowl cream sugar, eggs, butter, and buttermilk together with mixer. Add flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla or rum and mix. Pour batter into a well-sprayed bundt pan or pan of your choice.
- Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes until done. Let cool in the pan at least 30 minutes before removing.
Rum Sauce Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until fully melted. Do not boil! Pour over cake.
Notes
I take a skewer and poke holes in the cake, then use a turkey baster to put sauce into holes but you can just pour it over the cake. The cake will soak up the sauce.