Dessert for 12
Kentucky Butter Cake
$4.32for 480 minServes 12
This moist vanilla sour cream cake bakes in a Bundt pan, then absorbs a warm butter sauce before cooling.
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Butter$0.40/oz typical | 14 oz | $5.60Typical price |
 | Eggs$0.30 each typical | 5 | $1.50Typical price |
| Sour cream or plain yogurt$0.14/oz typical | 8.5 oz | $1.19Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $12.97 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
FlourBaking powder and sodaOlive and cooking oilSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Sour cream or plain yogurt for Yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
- Swap Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
- 80 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 12servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
$1.08 per serving$4.32 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 pinch salt
Steps
- Heat the oven to 325 F and grease a 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Beat the butter, oil, and sugar, add the eggs and vanilla, then mix in the flour mixture and sour cream.
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 60 minutes, until firm and a tester comes out clean.
- Simmer the sugar, water, butter, vanilla, and salt in a saucepan for 3 minutes.
- Poke the warm cake with a skewer, pour the butter sauce over it, and cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
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