Ooey Gooey Chocolate Butter Cake: Gooey Butter Cake Day

Gooey Butter Cake is a type of cake traditionally made in St. Louis, Missouri. Gooey Butter Cake consists of a dry, flat base covered with a “goo” mixture. It is sticky and chewy and delicious.

According to the Missouri Historical Society, the first gooey butter cake was made accidentally by a south St. Louis German-American baker in the 1930s. The legend goes that a German baker added the wrong proportions of ingredients in the coffee cake batter he was making. It turned into a gooey, pudding-like filling. This ultra-sweet treat is a St. Louis tradition and available in local bakeries all over the city of St. Louis. The original Gooey Butter Cake was made with a yeast-raised sweet dough on the bottom, but these days most recipes use cake on the bottom. It is generally served as a type of coffee cake and not as a dessert cake.

So if Gooey Butter Cake is good, Ooey Gooey Chocolate Butter Cake is even better!

OOEY GOOEY CHOCOLATE BUTTER CAKE

Ingredients

5 ¼ ounces chocolate fudge cake mix 

½ cup salted butter, melted

4 eggs, divided 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 

5 tablespoons cocoa powder 

4 cups powdered sugar 

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. 

Mix cake mix, butter, 2 eggs, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Pat into the prepared pan. 

Mix cream cheese, cocoa powder, and remaining eggs together in another bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in powdered sugar slowly. Pour over cake layer in the pan. 

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool.