Cookbook

What draws you into looking at a cookbook? What recipes would you love to see that just are not in cookbooks now-a-days? Do you like multi-themed cookbooks (section on appetizers, soups, entrees, etc), or all one subject?

Kentucky Butter Cake

I found this recipe while on FaceBook of all places. It was an ad for justapinch.com. Let me tell you, I saw the ad, I immediately went to the site and printed it up and made it that night. OMG, so good. So very rich - a small piece will do ya.
Try it. Wipe the drool off your mouth and let me know how you like it.

Ingredients
3 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 c real butter
2 c sugar
4 eggs
1 c buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
BUTTER SAUCE
1 c sugar
1/4 c water
1/2 c butter
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour bundt pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside. Cream: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, and then blend in eggs, mix in buttermilk, and vanilla, adding alternately milk and flour mixture into creamed mixture. Pour in bundt pan and bake for 1 hour.
2 Butter Sauce: In medium sauce pan on medium heat mix sugar, water and butter, bring to low boil , stirring until sugar is dissolved, add vanilla, When cake is still very hot, leave in bundt pan, poke small holes in top and drizzle butter sauce over cake, Transfer to dish and dust with powder sugar,

Choclate & Red Wine Bundt Cake

I thought I put this recipe, from Food & Wine magazine, in here before. But I guess not.
Made this again last weekend. With Port wine. It was absolutely fabulous! I have given this recipe out to several people, all saying how wonderful it is. A must try.

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups dry red wine
Confectioner's sugar, for dusting
Whipped cream, for serving

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter and flour a 12-cup bundt pan. In a bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar at medium-high speed until fluffy, 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla and beat for 2 minutes longer. Working in two batches, alternately fold in the dry ingredients and the wine, until just incorporated.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a rack; let cool completely. Dust the cake with confectioner's sugar and serve with whipped cream.