Your recipes and photos inspire me! (I kid. Baking powder and soda work on contact, so having batters mixed for a long time before baking cakes is often a recipe for cakes that dont full rise. Ahrgthe heck with it! My moms side is from St. Louis and everytime they went back to visit (were are all in CA now) my grandma always brought us home a butter cake. Thanks for the shout out to St. Louis. I burned my tongue on it because I just couldnt wait for it to cool to try it. BTW, all toppings are easily adapteddark chocolate is my favorite. Webdirections Preheat oven to 350.
I hope that would work by halving everything, This looks much like the Gooey Butter Cake a local, well-loved bakery/ice cream store/chain makes here in Cincinnati (Graeters). Clearly I missed out! Baked it in a glass pan for 30 minutes, not browned or finished. Cool before serving. Press in pan and let rise. Ive had some truly remarkable gooey butter cakes, and Ive found that Ive gotten pickier over the years. The city looks AWESOME in the snow! This looks very similar to the butter cakes that we bought at local bakeries when I was a kid in Philadelphia.
I made this today and it is soooo good! The family pics are adorable, by the way. I also have a shortcut recipe that uses cake mix and cream cheese and is very similar in a pinch (and also takes only about 10 minutes of prep). Im so glad you mentioned St. Louis in this post. 2. I love watching him grow!
Im from Portugal and I would like to ask a huge favor! I remember how beautiful that odd exhibit The Gates in 2005 by Christo and Jean Claude were. Im from Saint Louis and couldnt be more excited to see one of my favorite cakes on my favorite blog. Boy ones that look adorable bundled up in snowclothes. Thanks again for your input and for making this. To March! All in all, I learned some interesting lessons. I also added a layer of apple slices beneath the gooey layer, and some cinnamon to the topping. (My friend David talks more about this in this post.). xo.
(STL natives will differ with me on that, but I think the stuff tastes like cardboard covered in melted plastic) Anyway, thanks for the recipe! This recipe is wonderful and worthy, but doesnt exactly meet the high standard imposed by memory of the Lake Forest Pastry Shop buttercake. I would like to make and wrap these the day before. Love the photos of food and your family. Woo! Everyone agrees, better than schnucks and dierbergs! Again and again? I want to take this to youth group tomorrow night but dont know if it would be a good idea to make it today. i have never heard of anything like this cake but i feel like i have to get right on making it. Ive been looking for an authentic recipe for this, ever since seeing a Food Feuds episode with Gooey Butter Cake. Dessert is right up there too! :) This one Ive had bookmarked since you posted it and it is DELICIOUS. St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake has been served for years both as a breakfast danish and as dessert. I have also decided that Tuesday must be celebrated by something such as this! SO, Im going to try it again tonight, and hopefully it goes better. I suspect that a lightly-buttered (not heavily-buttered) pan will help in this endeavor, too. I also didnt notice any bubbling when the yeast was added to the milk and water. I will have to bake it today! i dont know how you resisted for so long.
Actually, my mom and brother. Oh, and Jacob is so cute! Gooey Butter cookies are even better :). Unfortunately, when I dissolved the yeast into the milk mixture, it clumped. Deb This cake has moved me to comment on your website (something Ive never done, and Ive been on the internet since elementary school).
I also have the ingredients all lined up for the granola bars. I have a bunch of recipes for it, but Im glad to have one recommended by a trustworthy source thanks! Great advice on the Karo vs HFCS, since sugar is sugar and so many people get freaked out over the whole controversial issuemoderation is the key! They are different products. Im a St. Louis girl myself. 1. (Cake should be gooey underneath the sugar "crust", so don't over bake! Glad to see others like it as much as we do in St. Louis. It does use a cake mix, and really just tastes like cheesecake to me. Going to have to bin the whole pan, which is such a waste of good ingredients :(. I like this recipe for cake from scratch instead of using boxed mixes. I think thats pretty fabulous of you! Im glad you tried it, because it is one of our true regional specialties and has a special place in my heart, for sure. Dream of day being over to go home and cook said dish. Lemon zest mixed into the buttery goo?) our dough didnt rise though, so that might be the problem but did any of your crusts taste a little too yeasty? Delicious! Thanks! Hes a wonderful mixture of Alex and you! I added 2 T. of milk for a total of 5 T. milk to make up for the 2 T. water you used to activate your yeast. I cant wait to try this!!!! Could you sub almond milk instead of milk? It turned out great and lasted several days on the counter wrapped tightly in plastic wrap. OMG!! Thank you. I beat the filling by hand; having enjoyed Kaldis (a St. Louis coffee roaster and cafe) GBC and a couple other versions, I think the filling really would benefit from an electric mixer. This is the best. Let us know how it went in the comments below! My brother and I grew up eating these. As for this recipe, im making it today! Also, for those squciky about corn syrup, Whole Foods carries an organic version which Ive used successfully and dont mind shelling out for, since I use it so infrequently. If you would like the crust to rise more quickly, or have a cold kitchen, feel free to add another pinch of yeast to the dough. And its baked in a half-sheet pan, so its a lot thinner. I have a friends try it and beg me to send them some in distant cities, as if it can only be created in St. Louis! Im hoping this is what I was looking for the first time around! After reading all 500+ comments, I only saw one talking about how long they keep. em #25 entenmanns and schnucks sell good store bought ones in the area.
That photo of your babys fishy lips is priceless! Jacob is simply adorable and the three of you together!? I brought it over to a dinner party for our neighbors, and they loved it too! i have attempted this recipe 3x this wkend and have failed miserably. Using a spatula works for me, but pressing with clean fingers will do the trick as well. I do this by heating the the microwave on low power for 30 seconds. Aah! And I made the dough in a regular mixer, with a knife.
A woman who makes her own marshmallows a girl after my own heart. I am a former NYer living in Florida and I have been unable to visit for a few years. But no matter. Absolutely lovely. Would this or the monkey bread work better?
It smells incredibly good: innocent and naughty all at once, just as its supposed to smell. Increase speed and mix/knead for about 7 minutes, until the dough is smooth and has pulled away from the sides of the bowl. I, too, had a little trouble at first getting the yeast to do its job. Great recipe, thanks as usual!!! Im thinking of experimenting with browning the butter for the cake first; how do you think that would turn out? As a St. Louis native, I grew up with this cake and am thrilled to see it featured here! The recipe has intrigued me for quite some time well, really, Ive been drooling over the pictures for countless weeks now. My mother used to make it, albeit with the yellow cake box mix. Your pictures were wonderful, and doesnt that baby of yours also look good enough to eat? They are too sweet for me. I just made this for Easter brunch and, combined with strawberries and whipped cream, it was raved over. Reigning from Oklahoma, she's also our go-to for all things regarding Midwestern cuisine. ), so thanks for sharing with everyone else.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Of course, cupcakes would be faster Obviously I need to make cake this weekend! Ive heard about Gooey Butter Cake from friends in St. Louis, but every time I searched for it the recipes that came up were cake mix based and I wanted to try the real thing. Anyway, I came home and decided to make it. definitely will keep in my arsenal of yumminess! One needs to stick to the proper amount of yeast. Congrats on your Bloggie! 2023 Tastes Better From Scratch Privacy Policy and Disclosure. Cant wait to try this one. We DO eat it for breakfast as coffee cake, but I remember having it for afterschool snacking too. Im going to have to order Kaldis coffee online and make gooey butter cake. I could make it in the morning before I go inbut I wouldnt make it there until afternoon, lol. I made this last night and it was definitely the hit of the party. I will make it as soon as my new Kitchenaid stand mixer arrives in the mail!! I baked it in a glass 913 for 37 minutes. I have made a gooey pumpkin butter cake and it was great but called for no yeast. Using instant instead of active Theyre not used in the same proportion and their rising times might be different. cake mix. pretty photos of new york makes me wish i were still there Ill be trying it soon.Racheladventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com, This looks SO delicious!! I have no idea why this cake seems to have never really left the Midwest, but perhaps now others will catch on to this regional delight. A recipe for this cake thadesolatees not require a cake mix!!! Its a little too brown around the edges and not as gooey as the center. I am so excited to try this for my husbands birthday today! Thanks for the great recipe and wonderful instructions! Get a crash course found in merchandise, currencies, so everything in between. I would love to hear your experience. Fabulous post, gorgeous pictures, beautiful family and now, bring on the sugar ! Previous post: baked rigatoni with tiny meatballs, Next post: warm mushroom salad with hazelnuts. I had the FoodNetwork on in the background as I was doing whatever arondn the apt. Deb! Toasted ravioli can be great. How did you know I was thinking about butter cake? Iquickly made my way back down stairs, totally entrenched in the tantilizing, sweet smell of yeast and butter and waited for the buzzer to go off. Good!! Cool in pan on wire rack before cutting into squares.