Ooey-Gooey Butter Cake

By sandy_h

Ingredients

• 1 package any brand pound-cake mix (16 oz size)
• 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
• 4 large eggs - divided
• 1 package cream cheese (8 oz size) - softened
• 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar - divided
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Step 1

Beat cake mix, butter and 2 eggs at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour batter into a lightly greased 13- by 9-inch pan.

Beat remaining 2 eggs, cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar at medium speed until smooth. Pour over cake batter. Sprinkle evenly with pecans and chocolate morsels.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack. Sprinkle cake evenly with remaining 1/4 cup of powdered sugar. Serves 12-15.