Gooey Butter Cake Recipe & Variations
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 stick butter melted
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1 box powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350.
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Mix together cake mix, melted butter, 1 egg and water until combined.
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Press into a 9 x 13 greased pan.
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Mix together softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, 2 eggs and vanilla until smooth.
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Pour over cake mixture.
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Bake 35 - 40 minutes at 350 or until lightly browned.
Recipe Notes
Gooey Butter Cake variations - let me count the ways I love Gooey Butter Cake! 1. Lemon Gooey Butter Cake - use lemon cake mix and add the zest of 1 lemon and juice to the cream cheese mixture. (Optional: for Lemon-Coconut Gooey Butter Cake, press 1 cup of coconut into the cake mix layer before topping with the cream cheese mixture). 2. German Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake - use German chocolate cake mix, press 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup coconut into the cake mix layer before topping with the cream cheese mixture. 3. Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cake - use yellow cake mix, press 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips into the cake mix layer before topping with the cream cheese mixture. 4. Spice Cake Gooey Butter - use spice cake mix, press 1 cup chopped pecans (optional) into the cake mix layer before topping with cream cheese mixture. 5. Butter Pecan Gooey Butter Cake - use butter pecan cake mix, press 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup of butterscotch chips into the cake mix layer before topping with cream cheese mixture. 6. Mint Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cake - use chocolate cake mix, press in 1 cup of mint chocolate chips into the cake mix before topping with the cream cheese mixture. The cake mix and press-in options are endless! Please share your favorite version of Gooey Butter Cake!
