St. Louis Style Gooey Butter Cake. What is Gooey Butter Cake you ask? It is a super-sweet, rich, St. I have made this recipe hundreds of times to rave reviews.

Legend has it that the St. Rather than throw it out, he sold it by the square, and the sugary, sticky confection was a hit. Naturally, a slice of gooey cake ends up next to. You can Have St. Louis Style Gooey Butter Cake using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of St. Louis Style Gooey Butter Cake

Lets Go Prepare 36 oz of yellow cake mix (2 boxes) your favorite brand.
It's 1 lb of butter, melted.
What You needis 1 lb of Cream cheese.
Lets Go Prepare 6 of eggs.
It's 8 cups of powder sugar (approx 2lb bag).
Lets Go Prepare 2 tsp of Vanilla extract.
It's 1 tbsp of Cinnamon.

A hallmark of the city of St. Louis, gooey butter cake almost certainly originated in the southern part of town, where most of the German bakers lived in the past. It is a flat cake consisting of wheat flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. The cake is traditionally garnished with powdered sugar and a few raspberries.

St. Louis Style Gooey Butter Cake instructions

In a bowl add your cake mix and melted butter, mix well and slowly add 2 eggs until well incorporated..
In a separate bowl add your cream cheese, 4 eggs and powder sugar (slowly add sugar in stages to reduce mess) and beat until smoothe, no lumps.
In a greased pan pour your yellow cake mix and evenly spread with a spatula.
Then pour your cream cheese mixture on top of the cake mix and sprinkle with cinnamon..
In a 350° preheated oven bake for 45-50 mins until the top is golden brown. There will be some wiggle in the center, that's normal..
Let chill for a few hours, overnight is even better. Cut and enjoy!.

Gooey butter cake is a type of cake traditionally made in St. Gooey butter cake is a flat and dense cake made with wheat cake flour, butter, sugar, and eggs, typically near an inch tall, and dusted with powdered sugar. Louis Gooey Butter Cake is a yeast bread topped with the namesake 'gooey' layer. Louis was the heart of Gooey Butter Cake territory when that area was filled with German immigrants and was a treasure-trove of family-owned, German-style bakeries. No need to drive to St.