You Need to Try This Wonderful Gooey Butter Cake Recipe

Updated: November 7, 2023 by Olivia Mittak | Leave a comment

Gooey Butter Cake

This wonderfully simple cake is rich and gooey, without the need for frosting of any kind. Famous in St. Louis and sold in dozens of flavors there, the plain is still the all-time favorite choice. If you haven't had butter cake, this is a must-try St. Louis treat! If you have had it, this is the recipe for the gooey butter cake with the crackled top just waiting to be devoured.

Butter Cake Recipe

Cake Ingredients:

1 (18.5 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Gooey Buttery Topping Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioner's sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Mix cake mix, melted butter, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla until well blended.

3. Pat batter into a 9 X 13 inch baking pan.

4. Mix cream cheese, 2 eggs, butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer.

5. Slowly beat in confectioner's sugar. Mix well, then pour mixture evenly over cake layer.

6. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Cake will be gooey in center. Cool before serving.

Other Great Cake Flavors to Try

After giving this delicious gooey butter cake a try, you need to give some other cakes a shot! No, we aren't talking about regular old chocolate or vanilla cake. Change things up! Your family will certainly enjoy it.

If you want to try your hand at something a little complex, try a tiramisu cake. This elegant cake is perfect for a large gathering or to complement a fancy dinner. Keep in mind that this cake may not stay fresh as long as other cake types! We have an excellent tiramisu cake recipe on our site, so make sure you go and check it out.

Peanut butter chocolate cake is certainly one the kids will enjoy. It takes everything they love about a Reese's and puts it in cake form! Have the kids give you a hand with making this one. Children often appreciate food they make more than food they don't!

If it's summer and you want to make something to fit the season, try an ice cream cake. We know, we know. Some could argue that this doesn't really count as a cake. But it has “cake” in the name, so we think it belongs. An ice cream cake may seem like a daunting task, and in some ways it is. But the smiles it will bring to everyone's face are totally worth it.