Kentucky Butter Cake

Kentucky Butter Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Nell Lewis and Pillsbury

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla or rum extract, or 1/4 cup dark rum or bourbon
Glaze:
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
3 tablespoons water + 2 teaspoons vanilla or rum extract, or 1/4 cup dark rum or bourbon

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch bundt pan with a nonstick spray that contains flour. Set aside.
2) In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3) In bowl of a standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar for 3 minutes at medium speed.
4) Lower mixer speed and add eggs, one at a time. Continue to beat for 1 minute.
5) Combine buttermilk with extract or bourbon/rum. Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, ending with flour.
6) Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake for about 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
7) Meanwhile make glaze: In a small saucepan, combine sugar and butter. If using extract, combine it with water and add to pan. If using bourbon or rum, simply add to pan.butter, water and vanilla or rum extract. Heat mixture, but do not boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
8) When cake comes out of oven, prick it with a wooden skewer or fork. Pour glaze slowly over cake. Let cake cool completely before removing it from pan. Yield: 10 to 12 servings.