Kentucky Butter Cake Slice (Print-Friendly Format)
Moist Kentucky Butter Cake with a golden, buttery glaze for irresistible sweetness in every bite.
# Required Ingredients:
→ Cake
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227 grams unsalted butter, cubed and at room temperature
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400 grams granulated sugar
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4 large eggs
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15 millilitres vanilla extract
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375 grams all-purpose flour
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5 grams kosher salt
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4 grams baking powder
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2 grams baking soda
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240 millilitres buttermilk
→ Butter Glaze
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75 grams unsalted butter
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150 grams granulated sugar
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30 millilitres water
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10 millilitres vanilla extract
# How to Make It:
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Preheat oven to 165°C. Grease a 25 cm bundt pan with butter or shortening, dust with flour, and set aside.
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Place all cake ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed for 30 to 45 seconds, then increase to medium speed and continue mixing for 3 minutes until smooth.
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Transfer batter to prepared bundt pan. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean.
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While cake bakes, combine butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and water in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until fully melted and combined. Do not allow the mixture to boil.
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After removing cake from the oven, use a skewer to poke holes evenly throughout the warm cake. Gradually pour glaze over cake while it remains in the pan, allowing it to soak in.
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Let cake cool completely in the pan. Run a butter knife around the inside edges to loosen before inverting onto a serving plate.
# Additional Information:
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For extra richness, prepare one and a half times the glaze quantity; pour all over the cake as directed.