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Gooey Butter Cake
A St. Louis-style gooey butter cake, baked rich and dense, impossibly soft and gooey right through the centre.
Total time
45 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
35 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
American
comfortbakingsweet
Ingredients
1 packyellow cake mix
3eggs, divided
½ cupbutter, melted
8 ozcream cheese, softened
2 cupspowdered sugar plus more to dust
1 tspvanilla
Instructions
1
Mix cake mix, 1 egg, and butter into dough; press into greased 9×13 pan.
2
Beat cream cheese, 2 eggs, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
3
Pour cream cheese mixture over cake layer.
4
Bake at 350°F for 30-35 min until just set in centre.
5
Dust with powdered sugar when cool.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.
Calories
658
Protein
8.6g
Fat
68.8g
Carbs
2.7g
Fiber
0g
Sodium
242mg
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