Recipe: Better Gooey Butter Cake

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By Stacey Little
Southern Bite

My primary goal with Southern Bite is to get folks back to the table. I do that by providing my readers with recipes that are quick, easy and that I can improve upon and make even more delicious. This recipe for Better Gooey Butter Cake is both of those. It’s a cinch to make and I’ve worked to update the classic recipe to make it gooier and more buttery.

My mom has been making gooey butter cake for as long as I can remember. It was one of my favorite desserts as a kid.

While there are conflicting stories about how the confection came into existence, it seems that St. Louis was the birthplace. My grandparents lived just outside St. Louis and I’m guessing that’s where Mom got her recipe. The stories almost all involve a bakery claiming fame to the dessert, so I would imagine it didn’t call for a cake mix. But if the dish was as popular as it seems, I’m sure home cooks were eager to recreate it in their own kitchens. Cake mixes are affordable, readily available and have all the ingredients already mixed together, so it makes sense that they reached for that as a shortcut.

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