Gooey Butter Cake first came into my life after I met my husband. It is his favorite dessert. He likes traditional vanilla (BORING!). My mother in law gave me the recipe after we were married because she wanted to make sure I could make this for her boy. Sadly, when I went to make it, I couldn't find her recipe. So I turned to the queen of butter, Paula Deene. The first time, I made it, I used as much confectioner's sugar as she called for. While that made for an awesome gooey part of the cake...it was a bit much...and the dust from the sugar stuck around for a while...so after some tweeking and adding of strawberry, I came up with this...
Ingredients:
2 sticks of butter
1 package of strawberry cake mix
3 eggs
8 oz of strawberry cream cheese
2 cups of powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13 x 9 inch pan (very important to use this size pan!).
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, 1 egg, and 1 stick of melted butter. Stir until well blended. Pat mixture into prepared pan, set aside.
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add the remaining 2 eggs. Lower the speed of the mixer, and add the powdered sugar. Continue beating until ingredients are well mixed. Slowly add the remaining 1 stick of melted butter and the vanilla. Continue beating until smooth. Spread the filling over cake mixture in pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the cake (it will have brown top though...don't fear...it's still delicious). The center should still be a little gooey when finished. Let cake partially cool on a wire rack before cutting into pieces.
Feel free to play with this recipe. Besides vanilla gooey butter cake and this strawberry, I've made chocolate, holiday spice, and lemon.
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