Butter Cake with a Brown Sugar Glaze

The first time I tried Butter Cake I was absolutely hooked! This cake is so soft and moist. It practically melts in your mouth! I just had to figure out a way to make butter cake at home for my family and I to enjoy whenever we wanted to. I make mine with a homemade brown sugar glaze that is irresistibly good! The brown sugar glaze crystallizes after a few hours, creating this amazing little crunch. When you do make this butter cake, you do not want to skip out on the brown sugar glaze!

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Ingredients to Make Butter Cake

• Flour
• Baking soda
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Butter
• White Granulated Sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla Extract
• Butter Extract
• Sour Cream
• Heavy Cream
• Buttermilk

Ingredients to Make Brown Sugar Glaze

• Butter
• Milk
• Dark Brown Sugar
• Confectioner’s Sugar
• Almond Extract
• Vanilla Extract

How to Make Butter Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

1. Make sure you use room temperature butter, eggs and buttermilk
2. In a large bowl, sift your flour, baking soda and baking powder. Add in your salt and mix your dry ingredients well.
3. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream together your room temperature butter and white granulated sugar.
4. Add in your eggs one egg at a time. Continue beating until well combined.
5. Add in your buttermilk, heavy cream, sour cream, vanilla extract and butter extract. Beat all your wet ingredients until well combined.
6. Begin adding your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients about 1/4 cup at a time. Continue mixing as you do this.
7. Once you finish combining your wet and dry ingredients, mix for 1-2 more minutes or until well combined.
8. Prepare your bundt pan by greasing it well with baking spray or you may use butter and flour as well.
9. Pour your butter cake batter into your greased bundt pan.
10. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 50-55 minutes.

How to Make Brown Sugar Glaze

1. In a small sauce pan over medium heat, melt your butter.
2. Add in your milk, brown sugar and confectioner’s sugar. Stir until well combined for about 3-5 minutes.
3. Add in your vanilla extract and almond extract. Continue stirring for about 1-2 more minutes or until the glaze has thickened up a bit.
4. Pour your brown sugar glaze over your butter cake and serve!

Top Tips & Variations for Making Butter Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

• Make sure your butter, eggs and buttermilk are at room temperature for this recipe. Using cold ingredients will change the texture of your cake. It will also take a lot longer to bake if you use cold ingredients.
• You may omit the brown sugar glaze if you’d like. The butter cake is delicious on its’ own. However, I do love the crunchy, crystallized texture that the brown sugar glaze gives the cake once it has hardened up. This also seems to be my family’s favorite way of eating butter cake.
• At the 45 minutes mark of baking, keep an eye on your butter cake. Every oven is different and temperatures may vary. You’ll know it’s ready when you stick a toothpick down the middle and it comes out dry.

Butter Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

This Butter Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze is out of this world delicious! I love serving it whenever we have guests over. The brown sugar glaze hardens up and creates this perfect crystallized, slightly crunchy texture on top of the cake. If you love a soft, moist crumb, this cake is for you!

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 people

Calories: 534kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients to Make Butter Cake

• 3 cups flour sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder sifted
• 1/2 tsp baking soda sifted
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 16 tbsp butter 2 sticks
• 2 cups white granulated sugar
• 4 eggs room temperature
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tbsp butter extract
• t tbsp vanilla extract

Ingredients to Make Brown Sugar Glaze

• 4 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1/4 tsp almond extract
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

How to Make Butter Cake

• Make sure you use room temperature butter, eggs and buttermilk
• In a large bowl, sift your flour, baking soda and baking powder. Add in your salt and mix your dry ingredients well.
• Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream together your room temperature butter and white granulated sugar.
• Add in your eggs one egg at a time. Continue beating until well combined.
• Add in your buttermilk, heavy cream, sour cream, vanilla extract and butter extract. Beat all your wet ingredients until well combined.
• Begin adding your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients about 1/4 cup at a time. Continue mixing as you do this.
• Once you finish combining your wet and dry ingredients, mix for 1-2 more minutes or until well combined.
• Prepare your bundt pan by greasing it well with baking spray or you may use butter and flour as well.
• Pour your butter cake batter into your greased bundt pan.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 50-55 minutes.

How to Make Brown Sugar Glaze

• In a small sauce pan over medium heat, melt your butter.
• Add in your milk, brown sugar and confectioner’s sugar. Stir until well combined for about 3-5 minutes.
• Add in your vanilla extract and almond extract. Continue stirring for about 1-2 more minutes or until the glaze has thickened up a bit.
• Pour your brown sugar glaze over your butter cake and serve!

Nutrition

Calories: 534kcal | Carbohydrates: 107g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 312mg | Potassium: 215mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 67g | Vitamin A: 393IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 157mg | Iron: 3mg