Old Fashioned Butter Cake is a classic cake recipe that you’ll pass down for generations! It’s moist, full of flavor and a recipe you’ll keep forever! No frosting is needed!
OLD FASHIONED BUTTER CAKE RECIPE
You guys are seriously going to thank me for this recipe! I was honestly in a little in shock that I had forgotten about it and not shared it with you sooner. This recipe is from my Grandma and one of those secret gems that every time you eat it, you wonder why you don’t make this every time you need or want a cake! It legit melts in your mouth!
IS OLD FASHIONED BUTTER CAKE HEALTHY?
Is it a guilt free dessert? Absolutely NOT! But, honestly, you won’t care the second you take your first bite! Do you see those strips of butter drip down the cake piece? It literally melts in your mouth!
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Ingredients
Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 cup butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
Butter Sauce
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
Cake Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Also, take your bundt pan and then grease and flour it.
- In a large bowl, combine the try ingredients: 3 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder and ½ teaspoon baking soda. Mix all together until well combined!
- Blend in the 1 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk, 1 cup of butter, 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 4 eggs. Beat together with a mixer for 2-3 minutes at a medium spoon. Pour into the bundt pan.
- Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted into the cake and comes out clean. During the last 10 minutes of the cake baking, go ahead and put together the butter sauce (directions below). Immediately on removing the cake, prick holes into the cake and slowly pour the butter sauce all over the cake. Allow the cake to cool completely before removing it from the pan.
- Immediately on removing the cake, prick holes into the cake and slowly pour the butter sauce all over the cake. Allow the cake to cool completely before removing it from the pan.
Butter Sauce Instructions
- In a saucepan combine the remaining ¾ cups sugar, ½ cup butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and the 3 tablespoons water. Cook over medium heat, until fully melted and combined, but do not boil.
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Notes
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You can finish the cake off with a little powdered sugar! I love using my Chef’s duster to apply it!
PS – I just ordered this Heritage Bundt pan and I can’t wait to use it! It’s sooo pretty!!
I can’t wait for you to try this! You will LOVE it!
This post was originally posted in March 2017 and has been updated!
Debbie
I plan on making it today. I can’t wait to tell you how it taste.
Pam Dana
I’ve made it twice in the last few weeks! Such a comfort dessert!
Donna Haynie
I was looking for a replacement recipe for my Granddaddy’s butter cake, so I’m gonna try yours. I just wanted to say THANK YOU in advance because you made it easy to save it to my Ipad. I’m so SICK of the never-ending hoops that a lot of sites make you jump through just to copy their precious ideas(Pinterest anyone?). THANKS AGAIN
Pam Dana
Thank you for the sweet comment!! And I hope you loved the cake so much! It’s hands down my hubbies request for his bday each year!
Lisa Clark
I have usedvthis recipe since I was 12 or so and almost always comes out perfectly. A keeper for sure as I am 48 now.
Sarah Kirby
I followed recipe exactly and the cake overflowed in the oven and is completely sunken on one side. I now have no idea how it will do when i remove it from the pan. Very disappointed as thks is my mothers day lunch dessert! ????
Pam Dana
I am sooo sorry this happened. I wonder if your bundt pan was smaller than mine?? I have literally made this recipe 30 times (it’s my husbands favorite) and I’ve never had it overflow more than maybe a few drips down the outside of the pan. Either way I’m so sorry.
Jessica
We absolutely LOVE this recipe! I wish I could eat it every day! Thanks for sharing!
Tara
Love these delicious classic cake recipe! So buttery and yummy.
lauren kelly
This reminds me of my grandmother! I can’t wait to make this!
Julie Blanner
This looks delicious! Can’t wait to make it!
Kristyn
That cake looks heavenly!! Especially, that drip of butter in the middle!! It looks so soft & perfect for any gathering!
Cindy Carroll
While I struggled to get the cake out of the pan and it kind of came out in chunks, no one cared because it is so delicious! To serve, I added some dulce de leche and microwaved briefly, then added vanilla ice cream and a bit of cherry pie filling. So yummy!
Pam Dana
That sounds amazing and I’m so glad everyone loved it! I’m sorry it struggled coming out. I generously crisco or butter the sides and then add flour on top of that and I have had much better results! Hope that helps!
Sharon McKay
The instructions don’t specify the consistency for the use of the butter. Soften or melted?