Butter Pecan Gooey Cake Recipes

GOOEY CARAMEL-PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for two 8-inch or 9-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat caramels, butter and whipping cream over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. (Or place caramels, butter and whipping cream in 4-cup glass measuring cup; microwave uncovered on High 1 to 3 minutes, stirring once or twice.) Stir pecans into melted caramel. Cool 30 to 45 minutes or until firm enough to spread without running over edge of cake.
• Place 1 cake layer on plate, round side down. Spread with 1 cup of the pecan filling. Top with second layer, round side up. Spread remaining pecan filling into 4- to 5-inch circle on top of cake. Spread chocolate frosting on rest of top and side of cake. Store loosely covered.

OOEY GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Mix cake mix and 2 eggs together in a bowl. Add butter and vanilla extract; mix until batter is smooth and thick. Spread batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and 2 eggs together in a bowl until smooth; spread over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until sides of cake are pulled away from dish and browned, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool cake completely. Sprinkle more confectioners' sugar over cooled cake.

BUTTER PECAN GOOEY CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• 2. In a large bowl, mix by hand the dry cake mix, 1 egg, and melted butter. Pat into the bottom of the greased pan and set aside.
• 3. With electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese, 2 eggs, and vanilla well. Add confectioners sugar and beat well. Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly.
• 4. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
• 5. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. You want the center to be a little gooey, so don't over bake.

COCONUT GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix margarine, cake mix, 1 egg and pecans together and pat into a greased 9x13 pan.
• Combine powdered sugar, cream cheese and 2 eggs.
• Add coconut and mix well.
• Pour over bottom layer.
• Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees F.
• Cool completely before cutting into squares.

GOOEY PECAN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Lightly grease a 9x13 baking pan.
• In a medium bowl mix the cake mix, one egg and 1/2 cup of melted butter (that's one stick melted).
• Stir to combine, it will be thick.
• Using wet fingertips, spread the cake mix evenly over the bottom of the pan. You may have to wet your fingers several times to get it in there evenly.
• In a small bowl mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar, 2 eggs and remaining 1/2 cup melted butter with a hand mixer until smooth.
• Stir in the pecans.
• Spread over the cake mix.
• Bake 45-50 minutes, tenting your pan lightly with foil after about 35 minutes. The top will brown slightly.
• Allow to cool completely in the pan before cutting slices.

GOOEY BUTTER PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease 13X9 pan.
• 2. Prepare cake mix by adding 1 egg and 1 stick of margarine. Press into pan.
• 3. Mix with mixer ... softened Cream Cheese, remaining 2 eggs, then add confectioners sugar (reserve enough to dust lightly over finished cake ... approx.2 Tablespoons) mix well and add remaining stk. of melted margarine ... stir well,stir in vanilla.
• 4. Pour over batter in the pan. Bake 40 - 50 minutes without opening oven door ... When done cake will look Fluffy ... after it cools,give it a light dusting of the confectioners sugar. Enjoy!
• 5. This is also good with Chocolate cake mix and a lite sprinkle of coconut (or 1/3 cup choc. chips) in cream cheese mixture or lemon cake mix and just a little lemon juice in cream cheese mixture ... use your imagination!