St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake | America's Test Kitchen

St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake | America's Test Kitchen

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This coffee cake features the signature sweet and gooey topping over a sturdy yeast-dough base. A dusting of confectioners' sugar puts it over the top.

Keywords

  • Midwest
  • Desserts or Baked Goods
  • Cakes
  • American
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup whole milk, heated to 100 degrees
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast
  • 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams) granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups (7½ ounces/213 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces and softened
  • 1/2 cup (3½ ounces/99 grams) granulated sugar
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 ounces (57 grams) cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup (1⅔ ounces, 47 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

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