{"id":6223,"date":"2026-06-26T22:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=6223"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:43:29","slug":"classic-vanilla-butter-cake-with-buttermilk-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/classic-vanilla-butter-cake-with-buttermilk-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Vanilla Butter Cake with Buttermilk Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Classic Vanilla Butter Cake with Buttermilk Sauce<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<h3>For the Cake<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup buttermilk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For the Buttermilk Sauce<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bd cup unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C)<\/strong>. Grease and flour a Bundt pan or a 9\u00d713-inch baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (3\u20135 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix just until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for <strong>45\u201355 minutes<\/strong> (or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean).<\/li>\n<li>While the cake bakes, prepare the sauce by combining the butter, sugar, and buttermilk in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and baking soda.<\/li>\n<li>While the cake is still warm, poke holes all over it with a skewer or fork and slowly pour the warm sauce over the cake, allowing it to soak in.<\/li>\n<li>Let the cake cool for at least 20 minutes before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This cake is exceptionally moist, rich, and buttery, thanks to the warm buttermilk sauce that soaks into every bite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic Vanilla Butter Cake with Buttermilk Sauce Ingredients For the Cake 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder \u00bd&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6223\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}