Are you craving a sweet and indulgent dessert that will satisfy your taste buds? Look no further than the gooey butter cake. This classic American treat originated in the Midwest and has gained popularity for its unique texture and rich flavor. With a crisp crust, tender crumb, and irresistible gooey center, this cake is a delightful choice for any occasion. Whether you're a baking enthusiast or a novice in the kitchen, this article will guide you through the process of creating the perfect gooey butter cake. From gathering the necessary ingredients to mastering the art of preparing the batter and baking techniques, we'll provide you with all the information you need to create a delectable gooey butter cake that will impress your family and friends.
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GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
A friend gave me a quick version of this gooey butter cake recipe using a cake mix, but I prefer baking from scratch, so I made my own version. My family can't get enough! The middle will sink a little; this is normal. This dessert is delicious served warm or cold. -Cheri Foster, Vail, Arizona
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 16 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk together melted butter, egg and vanilla; add to flour mixture and stir to combine. Press onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., For topping, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and eggs until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar and stir to combine. Pour over crust. Bake until center is almost set and edges start to brown, 40-45 minutes. Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Sprinkle with additional confectioners' sugar if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 381 calories, Fat 17g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 80mg cholesterol, Sodium 299mg sodium, Carbohydrate 53g carbohydrate (37g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
OOEY GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
This is amazingly sweet and way too tempting to resist!
Provided by Lacey
Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes Yellow Cake
Time 1h40m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Mix cake mix and 2 eggs together in a bowl. Add butter and vanilla extract; mix until batter is smooth and thick. Spread batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and 2 eggs together in a bowl until smooth; spread over batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until sides of cake are pulled away from dish and browned, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool cake completely. Sprinkle more confectioners' sugar over cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 343.9 calories, Carbohydrate 49.5 g, Cholesterol 77.7 mg, Fat 15 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.6 g, Sodium 277.5 mg, Sugar 39.3 g
OOEY GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
Our version of this St. Louis classic is flavored with vanilla bean paste and nutmeg and comes together in just a few minutes. It definitely lives up to its name -- it's buttery and gooey, with a crisp cake-mix crust.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
- Combine the cake mix, nutmeg, vanilla and eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the melted butter and mix just until combined. Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared baking dish.
- For the filling: Beat the cream cheese in a clean mixer bowl with the paddle on medium speed until light and smooth, scraping the sides occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the vanilla bean paste and eggs and beat until smooth. Add the melted butter and beat until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat on low speed to incorporate, and then beat on medium until light and smooth, about 1 minute. Pour over the cake layer and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake until the edges are puffed and golden brown and the center is just set, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool before cutting into squares to serve.
ST. LOUIS STYLE GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
What is Gooey Butter Cake you ask? It is a super-sweet, rich, St.Louis original treat! I have made this recipe hundreds of times to rave reviews. My fiances co workers even go as far as to trade work for Gooey Butter Cake! But what's someone from out-of-town, or in my case, relocated Las Vegas, to do? Follow This Recipe! It's super easy...anyone can make it! ENJOY!
Provided by nmlawrence
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Lightly grease (or spray with Pam) one deep 9x13 rectangular cake pan. I would suggest a 4 in deep pan, as the cake rises when it is cooking, but a oven-safe disposable coffee cake pan from the grocery store would work fine too.
- Melt butter. I do this by heating the the microwave on low power for 30 seconds.
- Empty cake mix into a large bowl.
- Stir melted butter, along with ONE egg, into the cake mix.
- PRESS mixture into pan. Mixture will have the consistency of sticky dough. Using a spatula works for me, but pressing with clean fingers will do the trick as well.
- In a large bowl, mix cream cheese, almond or vanilla extract, confectioners sugar and the remaining two eggs.
- Beat for three minutes with an electric mixer set on medium high speed, or until smooth with NO lumps.
- Pour evenly over top of the cake mixture in the pan. Use a spatula to spread.
- Place a large cookie sheet on the rack below the cake. Sometimes when you use a cake pan with less depth, the cake bubbles and spills over. The cookie sheet will spare your oven! Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes until golden brown on top. Cooking time is estimated, you will really have to watch it here! I always take the cake out when it turns a darkish golden brown. Note that there will be a paper thin sugar "crust" that will form while the cake is baking. It the top layer of sugar hardening, and this is what will turn golden brown. It adds great texture!
- Allow cake to cool COMPLETELY. This is very important, as the cake will not cut easily until it is completely cool. You will notice that the cake has sunken and set. This is normal. Refrigeration is optional. I personally like it at room temperature.
- Dust the top with confectioners' sugar.
- Cut cake into bars and serve with or without utensils, but make sure you have plenty of napkins, because this treat will have you licking your fingers! (Cake should be gooey underneath the sugar "crust", so don't over bake!).
ST. LOUIS GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
Legend has it that the St. Louis gooey butter cake originated by accident in the 1930s, when a baker mixed up the proportion of butter in one of his coffee cakes. Rather than throw it out, he sold it by the square, and the sugary, sticky confection was a hit. Naturally, a slice of gooey cake ends up next to - or in place of - the pumpkin pie at many a Missourian's Thanksgiving table. Some bakers like to add pumpkin and spices to the gooey filling. Not so in this yeast-risen version from Molly Killeen, the St. Louis native behind Made by Molly, a dessert company in Brooklyn. Her recipe is soft-centered, crisp-edged and not too sweet. The leftovers are excellent for breakfast the next morning.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories snack, cakes, dessert
Time 4h30m
Yield 16 to 20 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a small bowl, mix milk with 2 tablespoons warm water. Add yeast and whisk gently until it dissolves. Mixture should foam slightly.
- Using an electric mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter, sugar and salt. Scrape down sides of bowl and beat in the egg. Alternately add flour and the milk mixture, scraping down sides of bowl between each addition. Beat dough on medium speed until it forms a smooth mass and pulls away from sides of bowl, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Press dough into an ungreased 9-by 13-inch baking dish at least 2 inches deep. Cover dish with plastic wrap or clean tea towel, put in a warm place, and allow to rise until doubled, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. To prepare topping, in a small bowl, mix corn syrup with 2 tablespoons water and the vanilla. Using an electric mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl and beat in the egg. Alternately add flour and corn syrup mixture, scraping down sides of bowl between each addition.
- Spoon topping in large dollops over risen cake and use a spatula to gently spread it in an even layer. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes; cake will rise and fall in waves and have a golden brown top, but will still be liquid in center when done. Allow to cool in pan before sprinkling with confectioners' sugar for serving.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 307, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 46 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 179 milligrams, Sugar 25 grams, TransFat 0 grams
GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
The gooey part kind of tastes like cookie dough. So good and gooey and rich. Great for dessert, snack, or a very indulgent breakfast. This can be made in 2 9-inch round pans, or one 10-inch springform pan.
Provided by Schnookie Wookums
Categories Breads
Time 3h20m
Yield 2 9x9 inch square cakes, 18 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Prepare dough:.
- Thoroughly grease 2 9x9x2 in square pans.
- Dissolve yeast in warm milk; set aside.
- Mix sugar with shortening and salt.
- Add egg and beat with mixer 1 minute until well blended.
- Add flour, then milk-yeast mixture and vanilla to sugar mixture.
- Mix 3 minutes with mixer (use dough hook if possible).
- Turn dough on floured surface and knead for 1 minute.
- Put in lightly greased bowl, cover with towel and set in warm area to rise for 1 hour.
- Divide dough into 2 equal parts and place each in pan.
- Crimp dough halfway up sides, so gooey butter does not run underneath.
- Poke holes in dough with fork so it won't bubble when baking.
- Make gooey butter filling by:.
- Combining sugar, butter and salt.
- Add egg and corn syrup.
- Mix just enough to incorporate.
- Add flour, water and vanilla.
- Divide butter into two parts and spread over dough.
- Let cakes stand for 20 minutes.
- In the meantime preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Bake 20 minutes, but DO NOT overbake, or topping will not be gooey.
- Cool cakes completely, then sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
- ** If using 10-inch springform pan, it makes one cake. Let the cake cool and then release sides.
- **Serve at room temperature, but store in the fridge.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 762.2, Fat 56.9, SaturatedFat 18.2, Cholesterol 48.7, Sodium 146.5, Carbohydrate 60.1, Fiber 1, Sugar 32.1, Protein 4.5
GOOEY BUTTER CAKE I
This a very rich cake, but mmmmmmmm so good. Best eaten with milk or coffee. You can also make it a Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake if desired. Just use a chocolate cake mix in place of the yellow.
Provided by Tammy
Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes Yellow Cake
Time 1h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter one 9x13 inch cake pan.
- Melt the butter slightly. Mix it with 2 of the eggs and cake mix. Pour batter into prepared pan. Mix the remaining 2 eggs with the cream cheese, and the confectioner's sugar. Pour this mixture evenly over the first mixture. Do not stir.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 244.7 calories, Carbohydrate 27.1 g, Cholesterol 62.2 mg, Fat 14.3 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.6 g, Sodium 235.7 mg, Sugar 19.2 g
GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
Provided by Ann Barry
Categories easy, dessert
Time 40m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the sugar, shortening, butter, milk powder, egg and salt. (For an authentic egg-yolk color, add a few drops of yellow food coloring.)
- Add the bread and cake flours, vanilla, corn syrup and water, and mix just until incorporated.
- Cut the Danish or coffeecake to fit a buttered 8-by-8-inch pan, leaving a rim around the edge to contain the gooey butter mixture.
- Pour the butter mixture over the cake and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar to taste.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 340, UnsaturatedFat 11 grams, Carbohydrate 41 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 141 milligrams, Sugar 23 grams, TransFat 1 gram
GOOEY BUTTER CAKE
The signature dessert of St. Louis is just what its name suggests-a wonderfully gooey butter cake that doesn't quite set when baked.
Provided by Anne Byrn
Yield Makes 16 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For the cake, place the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat for about 1 minute, or in the microwave on low power for 45 seconds, and heat until the milk is 100° F. Sprinkle the yeast over the milk, and stir to dissolve. Set aside.
- Place the butter, sugar, and salt in a large bowl, and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg, and beat until incorporated. Stop the mixer, and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the flour alternately with the yeast and milk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour. When all the flour has been added, blend on low speed until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
- Lightly rub butter into the bottom of two 8" square pans. Divide the dough in half, and press one half into the bottom of each pan. Cover each pan loosely with plastic wrap, and place in a warm place to rise until nearly doubled, about 2 hours.
- When the dough has nearly finished rising, make the filling. Place the butter, sugar, salt, and corn syrup in a large mixing bowl, and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the bowl and add the vanilla and 1 egg. Beat on medium speed until combined, then add the second egg. Add the milk and half the flour, beating until combined. Add the rest of the flour, and beat until smooth. Set aside.
- Place a rack in the center of the oven, and preheat the oven to 350°F. Pour the filling over the rising dough, dividing it evenly between the 2 pans, and spread it to the edges. Place the pans in the oven.
- Bake the cakes until the tops are golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, and let the cakes cool for 20 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar, slice, and serve warm.
Tips:
- Use room temperature ingredients. This will help the ingredients mix together more easily and create a smoother batter.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter, more tender cake.
- Gradually add the eggs, one at a time. This will help prevent the batter from curdling.
- Mix in the dry ingredients slowly. Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven. This will help the cake rise evenly.
- Check the cake for doneness with a toothpick. When the toothpick comes out clean, the cake is done.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it. This will help prevent the frosting from melting.
Conclusion:
Gooey butter cake is a delicious, decadent dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its tender crumb, gooey filling, and rich flavor, it is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. If you are looking for a special treat, this cake is definitely worth trying.
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