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Gooey Butter Cake
With lots of rich, buttery flavor, this EASY Gooey Butter Cake recipe is the best! The butter sauce really sends it over the top!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 549 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
Butter Sauce:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 teaspoons almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- Sift together dry ingredients including flour, baking, powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl with an electric and mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar, beating well again.
- Add eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Add vanilla, blending again.
- Alternate adding buttermilk and dry ingredients until just mixed.
- Transfer to tube pan.
- Bake for 55-75 minutes, or when the top is lightly browned and it passes the toothpick test.
- Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto a wire cooling rack set over a baking sheet, parchment paper or aluminum foil to catch drips.
- While cake is cooling, make butter sauce by mixing butter, sugar, almond extract and water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat.
- Pierce cake liberally with a toothpick. Spoon 1/4 of sauce over the top of the cake. Wait a few minutes and then baste sauce on the sides, down the center and over the top. Wait for it to dry again and do this one more time. It will start to form a glaze.
- Store covered at room temperature until ready to serve.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or ratings!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
549kcal
(27%)
Carbohydrates
75g
(25%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
25g
(38%)
Saturated Fat
15g
(75%)
Cholesterol
118mg
(39%)
Sodium
286mg
(12%)
Potassium
119mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
51g
(102%)
Vitamin A
821IU
(16%)
Calcium
57mg
(6%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 549
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 549kcal | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 75g | 25% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
| Cholesterol | 118mg | 39% |
| Sodium | 286mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 119mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 51g | 102% |
| Vitamin A | 821IU | 16% |
| Calcium | 57mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.