Kentucky butter cake

Kentucky butter cake

Kentucky butter cake

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 cup milk, add 1 tbsp lemon juice to make it buttermilk
1 cup butter
2 tsp vanilla essence
4 eggs

Butter Sauce :
¾ cups fine sugar
1/3 cup butter
3 tbsp water
2 tsp vanilla essence

Method :
Beat butter, add sugar, eggs, buttermilk, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and vanilla. Grease and flour liberally a 10” Bundt cake pan. Pour batter in and bake at 165 degrees for 60 minutes.

For the sauce, cook over low heat the sugar, butter and water and add in the essence. Cook till fully melted and combined but do not let it boil. Prick the warm cake with a skewer and pour the sauce over the cake slowly.