Kentucky Butter Cake

Kentucky Butter Cake

The 143 third running of the Kentucky Derby will be held today in Louisville Ky at Churchill Downs.  High fashion and Derby hats go hand in hand when attending the race.  The drink of choice is Mint Juleps, the food can range from Kentucky Hot Browns to Derby Pie.

There will be celebrations all over Kentucky this weekend.  From race tracks televising the event to backyard parties, Kentuckians love Derby Day.  I’m having my own little celebration , a very good reason to make my first Kentucky Butter Cake.  This cake is moist and delicious and as you can guess laden with “butta”.  The cake is made in a bundt pan.  After the cake is baked and still hot, holes are poked in the cake while it’s still in the pan.  A butter sauce is poured into the holes.  The cake is left to completely cool down in the pan then flipped onto a plate.   I decided to add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the butter sauce, it was a nice addition to the flavour of the cake.  Kentucky Butter Cake, enjoy it all summer long.

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Kentucky Butter Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter .softened
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs room temperature

Butter Sauce

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 3 Tablespoons water
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla
• 1 Teaspoon cinnamon ( optional)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan.

  In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating till well incorporated after each addition. Add the vanilla.

  In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk to combine. Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, only beating until just incorporated with each addition. It's important to not over mix the cake batter. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes or until test done with a tooth pick.

  Place the baked cake on a wire rack. Poke holes in the bottom of the still hot cake. Using a bamboo chop stick or something similar in size will give you holes big enough to spoon the butter sauce into. Let the cake cool completely down before flipping onto a serving plate. You can also pour half the butter syrup into the wholes and brush the rest over the outside of the cake after it comes out of the pan.

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