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Gooey Butter Cake

Source of Recipe

Paula Deen from the Food Network


Recipe Introduction

"When Dixie (Todd's sister-in-law) was here this weekend she brought some of this. She thinks it's a great recipe for taking to potlucks or serving for a special occasions. Easy, too!!" - Susie

List of Ingredients

Combine:
1 box yellow cake mix
1 egg
1 stick butter, melted
Combine with an electric mixer. Pat into greased 9X13 pan.
1 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 16-oz box of powdered sugar (or 2 cups)
1 stick butter, melted
Beat cream cheese until smooth, add eggs and vanilla. Add sugar and
beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter, mixing
well. Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly.


Recipe

Bake for
40-50 minutes at 350 degrees. You want the center to be a little gooey so don't bake
too long. Cool and cut into squares. Makes 20-24 squares.

Variations:

Pumpkin Gooey (Paula Deen's favorite!): Use yellow or spice cake mix.
Add a 15-oz can of pumpkin pie filling and an extra egg to the cream
cheese filling. After cutting into squares, top each with a pecan
half and serve with whipped cream.

Pineapple Gooey: Add a 20-oz can of drained crushed pineapple and an
extra egg to cream cheese filling.

Lemon Gooey: Use a lemon cake mix. Add the juice (1/4 cup) and zest
of 2 lemons to cream cheese filling.

Carrot Cake Gooey: Use spice cake mix. Add 1 cup chopped nuts and
1-1/2 cups finely grated carrots to cream cheese filling.

Peanut Butter Gooey: Use chocolate cake mix. Add 1 cup creamy peanut
butter and an extra egg to cream cheese filling. Sprinkle top of
batter with 1 cup chopped peanuts (optional).

Chocolate Chip Gooey: Use yellow or chocolate cake mix. Sprinkle 1
cup chocolate chips (and 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired) on top of
cream cheese filling.

Banana Gooey: Beat 2 ripe bananas and an extra egg into cream cheese
filling.

Nutty Gooey: Add 1 cup chopped nuts to the CAKE mixture before
patting it into the pan.

Chippy Gooey: Stir 1 cup white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips,
butterscotch chips, Heath Almond Toffee bits, or Heath Milk Chocolate
Toffee bits into filling.