Kentucky Funeral Cake
Updated October 10, 2023
- Total Time
- 1 hour 40 minutes
- Prep Time
- 20 minutes
- Cook Time
- 1 hour 20 minutes
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Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature, plus butter for greasing the pan
2 and ⅔ cups all-purpose flour, plus flour for dusting the pan
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
- Step 2
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Step 3
In a bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and beat thoroughly. Fold in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in vanilla.
- Step 4
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and bake 60 to 70 minutes longer, until the cake is brown and a cake tester comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then unmold and continue cooling.
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