How to Make the Perfect St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

Name: How to Make the Perfect St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1-3/4 cups sugar; 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup butter, melted; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened; 2 large eggs, beaten, room temperature; 2 cups confectioners’ sugar; Vanilla Extract

6 steps

Prep:30minCook:1h

Start making your St. Louis gooey butter cake by combining the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Give them a quick whisk to combine. In another bowl, mix together the melted butter, egg and vanilla. You want your butter melted but not hot. Hot butter will cook your egg. Instead, melt the butter and let it cool a bit before starting this cake.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:00:06 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1010.6 kcal (51%)

Total Fat45.5 g (65%)

Carbs142.5 g (55%)

Sugars100.7 g (112%)

Protein11.1 g (22%)

Sodium557.7 mg (28%)

Fiber1.4 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

2 ½ cupsall-purpose flour

1 ¾ cupssugar

2 ½ teaspoonsbaking powder

½ teaspoonsalt

1 cupbutter

melted

1egg

large, room temperature

1 ½ teaspoonsvanilla extract

1 x 8 ouncescream cheese

package, softened

2eggs

large, beaten, room temperature

2 cupsconfectioners’ sugar

vanilla extract

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Step 2

In another bowl, whisk together melted butter, egg and vanilla; add to flour mixture and stir to combine. Press onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking dish.

Step 3

For topping, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and eggs until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar and stir to combine. Pour over crust. Bake until center is almost set and edges start to brown, 40-45 minutes.

Step 4

Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Sprinkle with additional confectioners' sugar if desired.

Step 5

Notes: For the cream cheese topping, beat together the softened cream cheese and eggs until smooth. Then add in the confectioners’ sugar and mix to combine. For a super-smooth batter, sift the confectioners’ sugar.

Step 6

Notes: Bake the gooey butter cake for 40 to 45 minutes at 325ºF. The secret to getting that perfectly gooey gooey butter cake is to bake it until the edges begin to brown and the filling is nearly set, much the way you’d bake up fudgy brownies or a cheesecake. Let the cake cool on a wire rack for 45 to 60 minutes before dusting with confectioners’ sugar and digging in

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