Gooey Butter Cake

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 1-18.25 ounce box yellow cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
• FILLING:
• 1-8oz package cream cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1-16 ounce box confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

Details

Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13 baking pan.

Using an electric mixer, combine cake mix, egg, and butter. Mix well. Pat into bottom of pan and set aside.

Still using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla. Add confectioners' sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well.

Pour filling onto cake and spread evenly. Bake 40-50 minutes. You want the center to be just a little gooey when you remove it from the oven, so cook by sight as well as timer.

Remove from oven and cool completely. These cakes are very rich, so serve small pieces.

PUMPKIN GOOEY: Use spice cake, chocolate or yellow. Add a 15-ounce can pumpking pie filling and an extra egg to the cream cheese mixture. Bake as usual. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream.

PINEAPPLE GOOEY: Add a 20-ounce can drained crushed pineapple and an extra egg to the cream cheese mixture. Proceed as directed above.

LEMON GOOEY: Use a lemon cake mix. Add the juice and zest of 2 lemons to the cream cheese mixture.

CARROT CAKE GOOEY: Use a spice cake mix and add 1 cup chopped nuts and 1/2 cup finelly grated carrots to the cream cheese filling.

PEANUT BUTTER GOOEY: Use a chocolate cake mix. Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter and an extra egg to the filling. Sprinkle with 1 cup chopped peanuts.

CHOCOLATE CHIP GOOEY: Use a yellow or a chocolate cake mix. Sprinkle 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 cup chopped nuts over the filling.

BANANA GOOEY: Use a yellow cake mix. Prepare cream cheese filling as directed, beating in 2 ripe bananas and an extra egg.

NUTTY GOOEY: Use a yellow cake mix and add 1 cup chopped nuts to the cake mixture.

CHIPPY GOOEY: Stir 1 cup white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch morsels, Heath Toffee Bits, or Heath Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits into the filling.