Kentucky Butter Cake with a Butter Glaze
Kentucky Butter Cake with sweet butter sauce is a decadent and delicious. The old fashioned pound cake is super easy to make and so delicious.
Servings: 20 pieces
Calories: 305kcal
Ingredients
Kentucky Butter Cake
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
Butter Glaze
- 1/3 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 Tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325-degrees.
- Grease and flour a bundt pan.
Kentucky Butter Cake
- Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and mix together.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, and flour and mix.
- Add the salt, baking soda, and baking powder and mix together.
- Add the buttermilk to the batter and mix together.
- Pour into the greased and floured bundt pan.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool.
- Poke a few holes in the cake with a knife.
Butter Glaze
- Add the butter and sugar to a saucepan and mix together.
- Add the water and vanilla and mix.
- Cook on medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour the glaze over the cake.
- Cool, invert the cake, and serve.
Notes
You can store the cake in an airtight container or cover it with some plastic wrap. The cake does not need to be refrigerated.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 305kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 297mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g