{"id":48130,"date":"2026-08-10T07:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=48130"},"modified":"2026-08-10T07:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:30:54","slug":"gooey-butter-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/08\/10\/gooey-butter-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Gooey Butter Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/08\/10\/gooey-butter-cake\/gooeycake-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GooeyCake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"GooeyCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GooeyCake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GooeyCake.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GooeyCake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GooeyCake.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an easy, classic cake from the 1960&#8217;s. I refer to it as a Mid-Century Modern cake being that it lacks embellishment. It&#8217;s a buttery, cake crust that&#8217;s topped with a rich cream cheese layer &#8211; kind of a potluck cheesecake! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 &#8211; 15.25 oz. Duncan Hines yellow cake mix<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, melted and cooled<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 8 oz. cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>4 cups confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease a 9&#8243; x 13&#8243; pan.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, butter, 2 eggs, and vanilla. Press evenly into prepared pan.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl beat the cream cheese and remaining eggs until smooth. Add the vanilla and confectioners sugar until well blended. Pour over cake batter and spread evenly with a spatula. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Let cake cool completely before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an easy, classic cake from the 1960&#8217;s. I refer to it as a Mid-Century Modern cake being that it lacks embellishment. It&#8217;s a buttery, cake crust that&#8217;s topped with a rich cream cheese layer &#8211; kind of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/08\/10\/gooey-butter-cake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[110,97,652,2172,6403],"class_list":["post-48130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-1960s","tag-baking","tag-cake","tag-cream-cheese","tag-nostalgia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-cwi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25933,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/21\/gooey-chocolate-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":48130,"position":0},"title":"Gooey Chocolate Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"At the last minute, I threw this cake together to go with our anniversary dinner. 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