KENTUCKY BUTTER RUM CAKE

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Categories     Cake     Egg     Dessert     Bake

Yield 12 pieces

Number Of Ingredients 15

Cake
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Butter Sauce
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. water
1/2 c. butter
2-3 tbsp. rum

Steps:

  • Cake Preheat oven to 365 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy/ Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together, add to mixture alternately with buttermilk. Pour batter into greased 10" tube pan with only the bottom greased (I find I need to grease the sides as well) Bake 60-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Butter Sauce In small saucepan combine sugar, water and butter. Heat until butter is melted. Do not boil. Prepare Cake Prick top of cake with fork. Pour warm butter sauce over warm cake. Cool completely before removing from pan. Sprinkle over rum cake.

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