Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

Using simple ingredients makes a super easy and irresistible Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake!

This double chocolate cake starts with melted butter stirred into a box mix of cake and is topped with a layer of chocolate and cream cheese.

Chocolate Ooey Gooey Butter Cake Recipe

Rich flavors define this simple chocolate butter cake with an amazing ooey gooey cheesecake-like layer in a 9 x 13″ baking pan. Our Gooey Butter Cake has been an extremely popular dessert on Pinterest, so we knew we had to create a chocolate version!

Chocolate Ooey Gooey Cake starts with a package of cake mix and takes very little effort to make! Melted butter stirs into a box of Devil’s Food Cake Mix along with an egg to create the base layer.

Cream cheese, an egg, almond extract, confectioners sugar, cocoa powder and more butter make the super rich top layer.

This easy brownie-like cake with a chewy texture tastes amazing on its own, but we love to take it up several notches by adding some Raspberry Almond Drizzle, whipped cream and fresh raspberries! The raspberry flavors and drizzle really highlight all that the cake has to offer and makes an upscale dessert!

Sweet Fruit Topping for the Cake

Since we’ve been eating at home a LOT more we need more recipes like this that are restaurant quality and make mealtime feel special.

Extra Raspberry Drizzle can be added to so many basic recipes like our Cheesecake Cookie Bars, Basic Homemade Brownies, Marble Chocolate Cream Cheese Bars or Mini Cheesecakes to make them AMAZING!

Raspberry Almond Drizzle would be the ULTIMATE topping to add to your own Mini Cheesecake Dessert Bar!

How to Customize a Gooey Butter Cake:

• We love the richness that a box of Devil’s Food Cake mix provides, but you can easily use German chocolate cake mix or any box of chocolate cake mix for a more mellow chocolate flavor that would perfectly complement a rich sauce like Robert Rothschild Farm’s Raspberry Almond Drizzle!
• Could add pecans, walnuts or sliced almond to the filling or sprinkle over the top before baking,
• Mini chocolate chips or chopped up mini peanut butter cups could be stirred into the cream cheese filling instead of cocoa
• Melted peanut butter chips drizzled over the top is another variation we look forward to trying
• Pure vanilla extract could be substituted for the almond extract to pair with a drizzle of caramel sauce over each piece

How to Make Chocolate Ooey Gooey Cake

1. Using an electric mixer, mix chocolate cake mix, melted butter and 1 egg that has been lightly beaten
2. Press mixture evenly into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan
3. In the same mixing bowl beat cream cheese
4. Add egg and almond extract and mix well, then add cocoa
5. Finally, stir in 1 pound or 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
6. Pour over crust and bake for 35 minutes at 350ºF until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out almost clean

Recipe Tips

• Use melted butter to maximize the ooey gooey crust
• Begin with softened cream cheese and beat the cream cheese before mixing in other ingredients to make a smooth cheesecake layer
• This cake will continue baking for a few minutes after being taken out of the oven, so be careful not to overbake it!
• Use a toothpick to test the cake, at the 35 minute mark my toothpick is mostly clean and that’s when I take the cake out and let it sit on top of the oven for about 20 minutes

Other Easy & Delicious Desserts Our Family Enjoys:

• White Chocolate Chip Brownies
• Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake
• Orange Jello Cake
• Cream Puff Cake
• Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake