Gooey Butter Cake I

Several others on here are correct, 45 minutes is too long. in gas stove 35 to 40 maybe. Not gooey, but still moist like in middle, good flavor. will make again but less time in oven.

The cake had a nice flavor but I overbaked it a little. If you put the cakes into mini pans you will want to do 35 to 40 minutes but the overall flavor was awesome.

I added caramel chips last second will melt them in microwave when serving for guests tmrw!

This was more of a cake than what my son wanted but it is really tasty.

Made this 2 weeks ago for a gathering ABC it was a hit, I only put 3 cups of the confection sugar instead of the 4 it called for…. I also cooked for 45 minutes and think that 40 minutes would have been better… Love this recipe! And so did everyone else so much that I was asked to make it again!

I made this but I’m not sure it was right. The cake mix was thick and I had to press it into the pan and the cream cheese mixture just stayed on the top…..It looks terrible….I put it back in the oven and am baking it a little while longer. Some recipes say bake for 30 mins and some say for 45-50 mins. We’ll see what happens.

I make this recipe all the time….wonderful results and many compliments. You can substitute cake mixes…ex: Lemon cake mix and then add lemon extract to filling and/or lemon zest. Orange cake mix and then orange extract and /or orange zest to filling. Chocolate cake mix with pecans and chocolate chips in filling, the list goes on and on….just use your imagination…..just mix it up as the recipe states, I usually one egg for the cake mix press the cake mixture on bottom and up the sides and use 2 eggs for filling, total of 3 eggs instead of 4 . Cook time is from 30 to 45 min. depending on your oven. Hope this helps to give you a few more variations! We also like the filling with pecans and coconut mixed in!!!! Happy baking!!

Love love love this recipe! So simple and delicious..it didn’t last long at all in my house! Although, I did add 1 cup of water and 1/3 cup of oil to the cake batter, and it came out extremely moist! I recommend trying that..Oh and baking for 30 mins is definitely a key factor I took into consideration from other people who left reviews!??

Great recipe! I just had to add chocolate to mine though. I put semi-sweet chocolate chips in the cake batter crust and then melted about 10 Hershey kisses and swirled those on top of the cheesy sweet topping just before baking. Only thing I would probably do differently is reduce the amount of baking time. I’ve done this twice now and both times the crust came out darker and crunchier than I prefer – gonna try reducing it by 10 minutes next time.

I made this cake with devils food cake mix and it was awful. The cake was dry and the cream cheese topping was so thin it practically dehydrated. It was basically like a chocolate cream cheese brownie, but super crumbly

Made this with chocolate cake mix. Loved it. Sprinkled pecans over the cake before baking just because I like a little crunch. Everyone loved it. Will be baking this again!

Entire extended family thought I was a baking genius. Love it!

I have been making this cake since I lived in Texas 20 years ago. The chocolate version is fabulous with a cup of semisweet chocolate chips layered over the bottom “cake crust”.

I usually love everything I try from this site. This recipe is not one of those. It came out hard way too sugary. I baked it just as directed plus I had my oven calibrated just recently. Won’t make this again. Sorry.

Originally found this recipe and it called for two boxes of cake mix and 6 eggs. Made a very rich delicious cake. Trying this one out, using lemon cake mix instead of yellow cake mix. I’ll let you know.

this was so good my husband could not stop eating it.. looking forward to sharing it with the family

This was just not that great. I would have given it 2 stars except that the kids liked it so I gave it 3. As other reviewers have said, the cake layer is VERY dry. If it was a thinner layer and more like a bar this would have been ok, but that much “dry” in one layer made these barely edible for me. Cream cheese layer also lacked something to enhance the flavor – just a bit of lemon zest would have helped. Followed recipe exactly, except it was done in 30 minutes. I will not make these again….just needs too much tweaking.

I needed a last minute dessert for church, and had all of the ingredients for this! It was gobbled up. I think next time I may leave it in a bit longer; my oven is usually off, though.

My husband thought this was delicious but I thought it was just good so the 4 stars. It was almost a little to rich for me but if you like that, you will love this. Next time I’ll try it with chocolate cake. Brought this to a family gathering and everyone enjoyed it.

Tasted delicious, but “gooey” filling was a really thin layer compared to the cake bottom. I think next time I make this, I will double the filling portion of the recipe so as to make a thicker filling layer. Still tasted good as written, but will try doubling up on it next time.

My husband really LOVES this! We like it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or cool whip on top.