
Our family has moved around A LOT. We have moved 5 times (each time to a different state!) in the last 9 years, and we have had 4 babies along the way! The first time we moved, it was from Mathews, Virginia to St. Louis, Missouri. One thing that I quickly discovered after moving to St. Louis was Gooey Butter Cake. You can find this amazing St. Louis creation all over the place, and it is easy to see why. We have since moved back to the St. Louis area, and I have fallen in love with this delicious treat all over again! Check out my Recipe for Gooey Butter Cake below!

Here are some tips for making my Recipe for Gooey Butter Cake:
- This cake can really be made with any flavor cake mix you would like. Try out chocolate, lemon (my favorite!), red velvet or really whatever you want!
- Although this is called Gooey Butter “Cake”, it is actually a bar recipe. Cut these into squares for the perfect party serving.
These are the ingredients you will need for this recipe for Ooey Gooey Butter Cake:
- Yellow cake mix
- Butter
- Vanilla
- Eggs
- Cream cheese
- Confectioners (powdered) sugar
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Recipe for Gooey Butter Cake
Ingredients
- 1 18.25oz box yellow cake mix
- 2 tsp vanilla extract divided
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 4 eggs divided
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, melted butter and 2 eggs. Press this mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Using your mixer, beat together the softened cream cheese, 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Slowly add in the confectioners sugar with the mixer speed on low. Once the sugar is mixed in, pour this mixture over the crust in the baking dish.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the edges just start to brown. The center should still be "gooey". Allow to cool and enjoy!
Nutrition
If you like this recipe, you may also like my Butter Pecan Poke Cake, Easy Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars or my Air Fryer Cheesecake Chimichangas.
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