Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
This ooey gooey butter cake is a 6-ingredient boxed-cake-mix dessert — buttery crust, gooey cream-cheese top. The easy Paula Deen copycat everyone asks for!
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 473kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Filling
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- To a bowl, add the cake mix, egg and 1/2 cup of melted butter. Mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 9x13 baking pan.
- In another large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla and 8 tablespoons butter and beat together until combined well.
- Next, add the powdered sugar and mix well until light and fluffy.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cake mix crust layer.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Do not overbake. It will be a little "gooey" in the center.
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Notes
- Soften the cream cheese fully — cold cream cheese leaves lumps in the gooey layer.
- Watch the center, not the clock. Set edges + a slightly jiggly middle = perfect gooey. A toothpick should come out gooey, not wet-raw or bone-dry.
- Cool before slicing for clean squares — or serve warm and scoopable with vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition
Calories: 473kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 457mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 58g | Vitamin A: 552IU | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 1mg