Granny’s Butter Cake

Ingredients:

3 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
Butter Sauce, see below

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9x13 baking or bundt pan.

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside. Cream together butter, sugar; mix in eggs and vanilla. Blend in butter milk alternately with flour mixture into creamed mixture. Pour in prepared pan and bake for 1 hour.

When cake is still very hot poke small holes in top (optional) and drizzle butter sauce over cake or just pour warm sauce over warm cake at serving time, may dust with powder sugar, if desired.

Butter Sauce:

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla extract

In medium sauce pan on medium heat mix sugar, water and butter, bring to low boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, add vanilla.

Variation: use 1 cup milk plus 3 tsp vinegar in place of buttermilk...

Source:  Granny's Favorites Cookbooks