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St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake is built on All Purpose Flour, Sugar, Butter Or Margarine, and Evaporated Milk. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 1 cup
• 3 tbsp
• 1/3 cup
• 1 1/4 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 1 cup
• 2/3 cup
• 1 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Recipe by: Midwest Living, October 1994

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

3. 3

   Cut in 1/3 cup butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling.

4. 4

   Pat in the bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan.

5. 5

   Beat in the corn syrup and egg just until combined.

6. 6

   Add the 1 cup flour and evaporated milk alternately, beating just until combined (batter will appear slightly curdled).

7. 7

   Pour into crust-lined pan and bake for about 35 minutes, or until cake is nearly firm when you shake it.

8. 8

   Let cool in pan on a wire rack.

9. 9

   Remove to a serving plate; sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar, if you like.