Description
This irresistible Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake combines the best of fall flavors with an incredible gooey texture. Easy to make with simple ingredients, it’s perfect for autumn gatherings and will become your new favorite dessert!
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 1 yellow cake mix (store brand is fine, I use Kroger)
- 1 egg from your fridge
- 1 stick of butter, melted in the microwave
For the Gooey Pumpkin Filling:
- 1 package cream cheese – the big one, 8 ounces (leave this out when you wake up)
- 1 can pumpkin puree (check the label, not pie filling!)
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 box powdered sugar (yep, the whole dang box)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon from your spice rack
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg (or whatever pumpkin spice you got)
Instructions
1. Get Ready Oven to 350. Grease your pan with butter or that spray stuff.
2. Bottom Layer Dump cake mix, egg, and melted butter in a bowl. Stir until it looks like chunky cookie dough. Press it in your pan with your hands. Don’t stress about making it even.
3. Top Layer Beat cream cheese and pumpkin till smooth – no lumps or people notice. Add eggs one by one, then vanilla and butter. Mix good.
4. Sugar Time Pour in powdered sugar bit by bit so you don’t make a mess. Add spices. Should look like thick pudding now.
5. Assembly Pour pumpkin stuff over crust. Shake the pan to level it out.
6. Bake 45 minutes in the oven. Middle should wiggle when you jiggle the pan. If it don’t wiggle, it ain’t right.
7. Cool Down This part sucks but you gotta wait. Let it sit till room temperature before cutting or it’ll be a goopy disaster.
Notes
Forget the toothpick test. This is supposed to be gooey so it’ll look wet inside.
Put parchment paper in your pan if you wanna lift it out neat. Makes you look professional.
Recipe doubles perfect for big crowds. Two pans or one sheet pan.
Don’t peek in the oven first 30 minutes or the top cracks.
Store brand stuff works just fine, save your money.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square (3x3 inch)
- Calories: 340 per serving
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 65mg