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Kentucky Butter Cake
Ms. Lewis’ Kentucky Butter Cake did appear in several volumes of “Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off Recipes” with a key difference and the secret to why a cake from Missouri was named after Kentucky. You guessed it. Bourbon replaced Vanilla in Ms. Lewis’ original recipe.
A vanilla-scented Bundt cake enriched with a buttery, sugar glaze that soaks into the cake making it incredibly moist and rich.
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the cake:
  • 1 cup/225 grams unsalted butter (2 sticks), softened, plus more for greasing the pan
  • 3 cups/385 grams all-purpose unbleached flour, plus more for dusting the pan
  • Nonstick cooking spray (optional)
  • 2 cups/400 grams granulated sugar
  • 1 cup/240 milliliters buttermilk (see Tip)
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • subheading: For the butter sauce:
  • ¾ cup/150 grams granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup/75 grams unsalted butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling (optional)
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