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Gooey Butter Cake

Source of Recipe

mandabears


Recipe Introduction

This is an old Philadelphia bakery recipe.

List of Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1/3 cup butter, do not substitute margarine
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup evaporated milk
confectioners' sugar, sifted for the topping after it bakes


Recipe

Preheat oven to 350° degrees.
In a large bowl combine 1 cup butter and 3 tablespoons sugar.
Cut in 1/3 cup butter until it becomes fine crumbs.
Pat evenly into bottom of an ungreased 9 x 9 pan.
Filling: cream sugar and butter.
Add corn syrup and egg until just combined.
Stir in 1 cup flour with the evaporated milk alternately.
Do not mix more that just necessary to mix ingredients together.(Yes, the batter is supposed to look curdled).
Pour mixture over crust.
Bake for 35 minutes or until the cake is almost firm when you gently shake it.
Cool in pan on wire rack.
Dust cake with sifted confectioners sugar before serving.