Recipe - Gooey Butter Cake Ala St Louis Mo

VAN GEFFEN VGHC42A
18 ounce Box yellow cake mix used dry
One fourth pound Butter; melt; cool
2 Eggs; slightly beaten
FILLING
8 ounce Pk cream cheese; soft
1 pound Powdered sugar
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla

CAKEBlend cake mix, butter and eggs together well in medium mixing bowl un
til crumbly but moist. Pat mixture evenly over bottom of Pam sprayed jelly
roll pan. Pat it lightly but evenly. Set aside while you preheat oven to
350~ and prepare the filling. FILLINGCombine cream cheese, sugar and
vanilla well in 2qt bowl, beating with mixer on medium speed until smooth.
(About 5 minutes beating time). Pour over cake m ix layer. Place on center
rack of oven and bake at 350~, about 30 to 35 minutes or until golde n
brown and top looks like a nicely baked cheesecake would. Cool in pan on
rack 1 hour. Cut into neat serving squares and refrigerate, covered in
plastic wrap to serve within a few days. Does N OT freeze well. Source:
Gloria Pitzer's Mostly 4Ingredient Recipes.

Recipe by "Pillsbury Kitchens' Family Cookbook" 1979 edition
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by Kelly kelly@hci.net on Feb 16, 1998