{"id":26755,"date":"2022-08-31T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livewellbakeoften.com\/?p=26755"},"modified":"2022-08-23T14:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T19:52:45","slug":"gooey-butter-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livewellbakeoften.com\/gooey-butter-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Gooey Butter Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The name says it all! Gooey butter cake is ooey, gooey, sugary perfection. It’s incredibly rich and delicious!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gooey butter cake has perhaps the best name of any dessert I’ve ever made. The filling is ultra gooey and rich, with a strong vanilla flavor. <\/p>\n

This unique dessert originated in St. Louis in the 1930s. It’s said that a baker measured the ingredients for a cake incorrectly and wound up with a pan of ooey gooey bars instead \u2014 which he still sold, and the rest is history! <\/p>\n

While this recipe for gooey butter cake isn’t the exact same as the St. Louis classic, it’s similar to the version made popular by Paula Deen.<\/p>\n

Many recipes online use boxed cake mix as a shortcut, but this recipe is totally from scratch. A layer of thick, buttery vanilla cake is topped with a sweet cream cheese mixture and then baked until gooey! <\/p>\n

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Ingredients for This Recipe <\/h2>\n

There are two parts to this recipe: the base cake layer and the cream cheese top layer. I’ve provided the full ingredients list in the recipe card below, but here are some of the key ingredients you’ll need to make gooey butter cake from scratch: <\/p>\n