Kentucky Butter Cake

Ingredients:

3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs

Sauce:
3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup butter
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2 Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
3 In a large bowl, mix the flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
4 Blend in buttermilk, 1 cup of butter, 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 4 eggs.
5 Beat for 3 minutes at medium speed.
6 Pour batter into prepared pan.
7 Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
8 Prick holes in the still warm cake.
9 Slowly pour sauce over cake.
10 Let cake cool before removing from pan.
11 To Make Butter Sauce: In a saucepan combine the remaining 3/4 cups sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and the water.
12 Cook over medium heat, until fully melted and combined, but do not boil.

http://www.food.com/recipe/kentucky-butter-cake-24274

Yields: 12