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Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Cake
1   Yellow cake mix - (18 1/4 oz)
1   Egg
8 tablespoons 120mlButter - melted
  Filling
1   Cream cheese - (8 oz) - softened
1   Pumpkin - (15 oz)
3   Eggs
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla
8 tablespoons 120mlButter - melted
1   Box powdered sugar - (16 oz)
1 teaspoon 5mlCinnamon
1 teaspoon 5mlNutmeg

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make the cake: Combine all of the ingredients and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13- by 9-inch baking pan. Prepare filling.

To make the filling: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter, and beat together. Next, add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well.

Spread pumpkin mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to overbake as the center should be a little gooey.

Serve with fresh whipped cream.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Variations:

u For a Pineapple Gooey Cake: Instead of the pumpkin, add a drained 20-ounce can of crushed pineapple to the cream cheese filling. Proceed as directed above.

u For a Banana Gooey Cake: Prepare cream cheese filling as directed, beating in 2 ripe bananas instead of the pumpkin. Proceed as directed above.

u For a Peanut Butter Gooey Cake: Use a chocolate cake mix. Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter to the cream cheese filling instead of the pumpkin. Proceed as directed above.

Source:
PAULA'S HOME COOKING with Paula Deen - (Show # PA-1A01) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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