Gooey Butter Cake
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- Total time
- 335 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 16 servings
- Ingredients
- 17
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Louis cake still wobbles in the middle when it leaves the oven, and the top stays soft and sticky long after it cools. A thin yeast-risen base is spread with a batter heavy on butter and sugar before baking.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Line a 23×33 cm metal pan.
Combine yeast with base milk and water. Separately beat base butter, sugar and salt, then add the base egg.
- 2
Alternate base flour and yeast liquid into the butter mixture; beat at medium speed for 4-5 minutes.
Press evenly into the pan, cover and rise about 150 minutes until nearly doubled.
- 3
Near the end of rising, preheat to 175°C.
Combine topping syrup, water and vanilla. Separately cream topping butter, sugar and salt, then add the topping egg.
- 4
Alternate topping flour and syrup mixture into the creamed ingredients.
Dollop over the risen dough and spread gently without pressing it down.
- 5
Bake 30-35 minutes until the edges set and the top is golden; the center will remain soft and trembling.
Cool completely in the pan for about 2 hours, dust with powdered sugar and cut into 16.
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- Gooey Butter Cake
King Arthur Baking · Checked: 2026-09-26
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