Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

This double chocolate cake starts with melted butter stirred into a box mix of cake and is topped with a chocolate and cream cheese layer. Using simple ingredients makes a super easy and irresistible Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 35

Total Time 55

Servings pieces

Calories 266kcal

Author Jennifer Osterholt

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake Layer

1 box Devil's food cake mix
1/2 cup butter melted
1 egg beaten

Filling

8 ounces cream cheese softened
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup cocoa
3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

Instructions

Chocolate Cake Layer

Preheat oven to 350°F and coat a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Mix together cake mix, melted butter and 1 beaten egg. Press evenly into bottom of baking pan.

Filling

Beat cream cheese until creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in almond extract and cocoa.
Stir in powdered sugar and pour over crust. Bake for 35 minutes until a toothpick comes out nearly clean.

Notes

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

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