Easy Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe
Drenched in a rich decadent butter bourbon glaze, this tender and moist old as the ages Classic Easy Old Fashioned Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe will knock your socks straight off! It will melt in your mouth. Grab your aprons friends! I am sharing How to Make this Easy Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe. There is no cake like it!
Easy Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe
What You Will Love About This Classic Old Fashioned Recipe
This Kentucky Butter Cake is symbol of southern hospitality. A must add to your recipe box.
Occasions To Serve Butter Cake Recipe
- Kentucky Oaks
- Keeneland Race
- Kentucky Derby
- Mother’s Day
- Spring Brunch
Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe Variations
- Add an extract like almond, hazlenut, or coffee for depth.
- Sprinkle in cardamom, nutmeg, or cinnamon to add depth.
- Add chopped pecans or walnuts for a nutty crunch.
- Fold in coconut, chocolate chips, candied ginger, or fresh berries to personalize the flavors.
- Add rum, or a flavored liquor to the glaze for a new flavor.
- Add citrus zest to the batter and the glaze for a bright flavor profile.
Kentucky Butter Cake Frequently Asked Questions
What Does A Kentucky Butter Cake Taste Like?
Made in a bundt pan and soaked in vanilla butter glaze, this Classic Kentucky Butter Cake has a rich moist buttery flavor is a guarantee for crowd pleasing!
What Is The Difference Between this Classic Old Fashioned Kentucky Butter Cake and a Pound Cake?
A pound cake are similar but very different when it comes to texture. The pound cake is dense with a spongy texture. The Kentucky Butter Cake has a dense moist crumb with a simple buttery flavor. The butter cake is poked with a skewer and soaked with a butter sugar syrup
Easy Kentucky Derby Butter Cake Recipe
Ingredients
The Cake
- Baking Spray
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract to vanilla bean paste
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 Cup), softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
Butter Glaze
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cups bourbon or substitute 1/2 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Instructions: How To Make Easy Kentucky Butter Cake
Butter Cake
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Generously spray a bundt pan with baking spray.
In a medium bowl sift the all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
Next, in a large measuring cup, mix the buttermilk and vanilla until well combined.
Add the butter and the sugar into a mixing bowl and mix on medium high speed for 3 to 5 minutes until the butter and sugar become pale yellow and fluffy. Avoid skipping this step for a light cake. Then, add the eggs mixing in one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl often.
Tip: For the next step avoid mix until just combined! Avoid over mixing!!!!
Working in 1/3 at a time, alternate between the buttermilk and the flower mixtures until combined. AVOID OVER MIXING!
Carefully pour the Kentucky Butter Cake Mix into the prepared bundt pan.
Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a pick comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven when this is achieved.
The Glaze
In a saucepan combine the sugar, bourbon (or water), butter until melted over low heat. When the butter glaze is melted, stir in the vanilla. AVOID bringing the mixture to a boil.
Soak the Cake
Remove from the oven and poke holes in the cake using a skewer. Pour half the glaze over the cake. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Loosen the Kentucky Butter Cake then invert onto a cake plate or stand. Pour the remaining glaze over the cake and rest for 20 minutes before serving.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Kentucky Derby Butter Cake Recipe Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for a tender cake.
- Don’t skip creaming the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Avoid over mixing the cake to avoid a dense rubbery cake texture.
- Bake just until the skewer comes out clean. Don’t over bake.
- Glaze the cake while warm for best soaking result.
- Avoid serving the cake cold. The butter will firm and make for a terrible texture.
- Store the cake covered on the counter for up to three days.
Kentucky Butter Cake Recipe
Ingredients
The Butter Cake
- Baking Spray
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract to vanilla bean paste
- 2 sticks unsalted butter 1 Cup, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs room temperature
Butter Glaze
- 1 cp granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cups bourbon or substitute 1/2 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Generously spray a bundt pan with baking spray.
- In a medium bowl sift the all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
- Next, in a large measuring cup, mix the buttermilk and vanilla until well combined.
- Add the butter and the sugar into a mixing bowl and mix on medium high speed for 3 to 5 minutes until the butter and sugar become pale yellow and fluffy. Avoid skipping this step for a light cake. Then, add the eggs mixing in one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl often.
- Tip: For the next step avoid mix until just combined! Avoid over mixing!!!!
- Working in 1/3 at a time, alternate between the buttermilk and the flower mixtures until combined. AVOID OVER MIXING!
- Carefully pour the Kentucky Butter Cake Mix into the prepared bundt pan.
- Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a pick comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven when this is achieved.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for a tender cake.
- Don’t skip creaming the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Avoid over mixing the cake to avoid a dense rubbery cake texture.
- Bake just until the skewer comes out clean.
- Don’t over bake.
- Glaze the cake while warm for best soaking result. Avoid serving the cake cold. The butter will firm and make for a terrible texture.
- Store the cake covered on the counter for up to three days.
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