Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

Name: Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters (1 stick) butter, melted; 59 milliliters nuts or chocolate chips (optional); 2 Tbsps cocoa powder; 828 milliliters confectioners sugar; 227 grams package cream cheese, at room temperature; 4 eggs; 517 grams box chocolate cake mix; 2 teaspoons vanilla, divided

This recipe makes 20 servings with 281 calories, 3g of protein, and 10g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, chocolate cake mix, cream cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Grease a 9x13-inch pan and set aside. Preheat your oven to 350 F.

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Oven

Frying Pan

In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix together the cake mix, melted butter, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and 2 of the eggs on medium speed until it forms a soft, cohesive dough. If you'd like, you can add 1/4 cup of nuts or chocolate chips to add a little flavor and texture contrast.

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Chocolate Chips

Cake Mix

Vanilla

Butter

Dough

Egg

Nuts

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Stand Mixer

Remove the dough from the mixer; you don't need to clean the bowl or the beater, you can just re-use for the filling. Pat the dough into the prepared pan, with a slight "lip" on the sides of about half an inch to accommodate the cream cheese batter, which will be poured on top of this crust.

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Cream Cheese

Crust

Dough

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Blender

Bowl

Frying Pan

Sift together the confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder; set to the side for the moment.

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Powdered Sugar

Cocoa Powder

Back at the mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese until fluffy, about 2 minutes on medium speed.

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Cream Cheese

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Mixing Bowl

Add the remaining 2 eggs and the remaining 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and continue mixing on medium speed until incorporated, about a minute more.

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Vanilla

Egg

Add the confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder bit by bit, pausing occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, until it has all been added and the mixture is smooth and creamy.

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Powdered Sugar

Cocoa Powder

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Spatula

Bowl

Pour this batter into the waiting crust.

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Crust

Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the top has a dull finish (if a few cracks have formed on top, it's OK. Just top it with some whipped cream or confectioners' sugar. It will still taste fine).

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Powdered Sugar

Whipped Cream