Gooey Butter Cake

A community recipe by KitchenGoddess

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Introduction

What's Gooey Butter Cake? It's a scrumptious only-in-St.Louis treat served for breakfast, lunch or dinner -- ala mode or plain. You can find it in bakeries all over the St. Louis area, but what's someone from out-of-town to do? Here's the answer. Enjoy making one of St. Louis' popular, quirky foods. Bon Appetit!

Ingredients

Serves: 6

½ cup butter
1 packet cake mix
3 eggs
8 ounces cream cheese
½ tablespoon almond extract
4 cups confectioners' sugar

Method

Gooey Butter Cake is a community recipe submitted by KitchenGoddess and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease one 9x13 cake pan.

Melt butter. Empty cake mix into a large bowl. Stir melted butter, along with one egg, into the cake mix.

Press mixture into pan.

In a large bowl, mix cream cheese, almond extract, confectioners sugar and the remaining two eggs. Beat for three minutes with an electric mixer set on medium high speed.

Spread over top of the cake mixture in the pan.

Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes until golden brown on top. Allow cake to cool. Dust the top with confectioners sugar. (Cake will be gooey on the top, so don't overbake!)