Kentucky Butter Rum Cake

• 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

1. Cake
2. Preheat oven to 365 degrees.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy/
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add vanilla.
5. Sift dry ingredients together, add to mixture alternately with buttermilk.
6. Pour batter into greased 10" tube pan with only the bottom greased (I find I need to grease the sides as well)
7. Bake 60-65 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
8. Butter Sauce
9. In small saucepan combine sugar, water and butter. Heat until butter is melted. Do not boil.
10. Prepare Cake
11. 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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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/kentucky-butter-rum-cake-50086376 (may not work)