Here’s a rich, bakery-style Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake—ultra-moist, buttery, and soaked in a warm caramel butter sauce, then finished with a touch of sea salt 🍰✨
🍯 Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake
⭐ Why You’ll Love This Cake
- Extremely moist and buttery
- Infused with warm caramel butter sauce
- Perfect balance of sweet + salty
- Great for celebrations, tea time, or dessert
🛒 Ingredients
For the Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For the Salted Caramel Butter Sauce
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp sea salt (adjust to taste)
Optional Topping
- Extra salted caramel drizzle
- Flaky sea salt
- Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream
👩🍳 Directions
Step 1: Prepare the Pan
- Preheat oven to 325°F (165°C).
- Grease and flour a Bundt pan thoroughly.
Step 2: Make the Cake Batter
- In a bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Mix in vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
- Begin and end with dry ingredients.
- Do not overmix.
Step 3: Bake
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 60–70 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cake cool 10 minutes in pan (do not remove).
Step 4: Make the Caramel Butter Sauce
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, butter, and water.
- Stir until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a gentle boil and simmer 2–3 minutes.
- Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and sea salt.
Step 5: Soak the Cake
- While cake is still warm, poke holes all over with a skewer.
- Slowly pour ¾ of the caramel butter sauce over the cake.
- Let soak for 30 minutes.
Step 6: Serve
- Invert cake onto a serving plate.
- Drizzle with remaining caramel sauce.
- Sprinkle lightly with flaky sea salt.
🔥 Pro Tips
- Use room-temperature ingredients for best texture
- Don’t rush the soaking—this is what makes it legendary
- For deeper caramel flavor, use brown sugar (half & half)
- Store covered; flavor improves next day
🧊 Storage
- Room temperature: 2 days
- Refrigerated: up to 5 days
- Freeze (without sauce): up to 2 months
🍦 Serving Ideas
- Warm slice + vanilla ice cream
- With coffee or chai
- Drizzled with extra salted caramel
If you want, I can also:
- 🍫 Turn this into a chocolate-caramel version
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- 🧁 Convert it into cupcakes
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