Gooey Butter Cake Bars

With only five ingredients these Gooey Butter Cake Bars will be your new family favorite go-to dessert! Creamy and ridiculously rich!

I’ll admit, I’m not a fan of sheet cakes… I almost don’t count them as “real” cakes haha.  There’s just something about a beautiful, round cake stacked tall that equates to the definition of cake to me.  My husband requests a boring, rectangular yellow cake with chocolate frosting for his birthday every year and it almost pains me to make it flat like that. 

I actually rarely make cake, usually only for birthdays or when I have a serious craving for a big, thick piece with a glass of milk.  All of that said… these Gooey Butter Cake Bars might be my new go-to dessert.  Even though they have a box of cake mix in them, I don’t really consider them to be “cake”, they’re definitely more of a brownie/ bar to me.  The creamy topping reminds me of my Breakfast Cheesecake Bars.  Almost like Vanilla Pudding with a delicious cake crust!

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Gooey Butter Cake Bars

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

Indulge in these gooey butter cake bars that are perfect for sharing. 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gooey butter bars

Servings: 24

Calories: 174 kcal

Author: ©Emily Grace | Grace and Good Eats

Ingredients

• 1 box of yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 4 eggs
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13 baking pan.
2. Mix together the cake mix, 2 eggs, and melted butter.
3. Spread this mixture into the bottom of the pan as your "crust" layer.
4. Mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and remaining two eggs.
5. Spread this mixture evenly over the crust layer.
6. Bake 35-40 minutes, until top and edges are golden brown and center is set. (It should be set, but not too firm.)
7. Allow to cool before serving. Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

Gooey Butter Cake Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 174 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 47mg 16%

Sodium 107mg 4%

Potassium 23mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 24g 8%

Sugars 22g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 5.7%

Calcium 1.7%

Iron 1.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.