One-Bowl Kentucky Butter Cake

One-Bowl Kentucky Butter Cake

Ingredients:

Servings: 10-12 ...

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar (or more, depending on how sweet you like it)
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup butter, room temperature (no substitutions)
1 tablespoon vanilla
4 large eggs

BUTTER SAUCE
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter (no substitutions)
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons vanilla


Directions:

1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees.


2 Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or a 12-cup bundt pan.


3 In a large bowl combine all cake ingredients; beat on low speed until moistened, then beat for another 3 minutes at medium speed.


4 Pour the batter into prepared pan.


5 Bake for 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done.


6 For the butter sauce; in a saucepan, over low heat combine all sauce ingredients; cook just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally (do not boil).


7 When cake is done remove from oven and pierce all over cake with a large fork or a long thin straw; pour the sauce all over the warm cake.