Title: Kentucky Butter Cake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 1 Servings

1	c	Butter
2	c	Sugar
4		Eggs
3	c	Flour
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Soda
2	ts	Vanilla
1	c	Buttermilk
		Butter sauce
1	c	Sugar
2	oz	Hot water
4	oz	Butter
1	tb	Vanilla or rum flavoring OR
2	tb	Real rum

Generously grease 10" tube pan. Cream butter and gradually add sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beating well after each. Blend in all other ingredients at low until moistened; then beat at medium for 2 min. Pour into pan. Bake at 325 for 60-65 min. Prepare sauce, see below. Prick top of cake with fork. Pour sauce over cake while still warm. Cool completely before removing from pan. Optional: sprinkle with 10x sugar before serving.

Butter sauce: Bring sugar, water, and butter to the boil but do not boil. Off heat, add flavoring.

1964 Pillsbury Bake-Off, Mrs. Albert G. Lewis, Platte City MO my sister's comment: "too rich"

From: Michael Loo

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