World Flavors Cookbook

Gooey Butter Cake

St. Louis’s beloved coffee cake — a yeast dough base topped with a nearly liquid mixture of cream cheese, butter, and sugar that sets into a sticky, custardy layer.

Cuisine: United States

Ingredients

• For base: 1 box yellow cake mix, 1 egg, 1/2 cup melted butter
• For topping: 230g cream cheese, softened; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; 4 cups powdered sugar; 1/2 cup melted butter
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Mix cake mix, egg, and melted butter. Press into greased 9x13 pan.
3. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, powdered sugar, and melted butter.
4. Pour cream cheese mixture over cake base.
5. Bake 40-45 minutes — center should still be jiggly (gooey). Do not overbake.
6. Cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
7. Cut into squares. Center will be gooey and dense.