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Gooey butter cake is always good. This red velvet cake recipe makes it all so easy.
Valentine’s Day is coming. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been a big, huge fan of Valentine’s Day. I mean, yes, I love chocolate and all that, but it seems like such a throwaway holiday that I never get excited about it.
Then, I read a blog post by the fabulous Kristan (who happens to have a birthday today…hope it’s filled with lots of glitter, sparkles, and of course, every color of pink imaginable! Oh, and unicorns. It wouldn’t be a birthday without unicorns!) that if you treat Valentine’s Day like a real holiday, your husband is required to respect that and buy you lots of Valentine’s Day gifts.
Obviously, this changed my feelings.
I like gifts. Quite a lot, actually. In fact, I have a pin board devoted entirely to things that my husband should buy for me. He’s tried telling me that boys don’t “get” pinterest, but I’ve explained that I expect him to learn quickly. After all, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.
To prepare, I whipped up this Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake. Have y’all ever had regular Gooey Butter Cake? It’s pretty fabulous. Just a regular cake on the bottom, but the topping is just plain amazing. It’s gooey and buttery. I know. You never would have guessed that from the name if I hadn’t been here to tell you! It’s very rich, decadent, and pretty much perfect for Valentine’s Day.
I enjoy red velvet quite a bit actually. I have also made red velvet donuts and red velvet gooey butter cookies
Red velvet gooey butter cake recipe
Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 1 large egg
- 8 tablespoons butter melted
For the filling:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 tablespoons butter melted
- 16 ounces powdered sugar about 4 cups
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well. It will be thick and difficult to mix. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together. Add the powdered sugar and mix until completely combined.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.
Nutrition Information:
adapted from Paula Deen
Erin says
I love regular gooey butter cake so much! Turning it into red velvet is such a great idea! 🙂
What Katies baking says
this looks so good. such a creative idea!!
Stephanie says
This looks like a great Valentine’s cake. I am going to have to try it for Valentine’s Day.
Joanne says
Gotta say, red velvet is the ONLY part of V-Day that I like. I give myself permission to eat it for the whole V-Day week. Since it’s unlikely that anyone will be bringing me chocolate this year, i’ve gotta get my excess calories from SOMEWHERE. This cake looks awesome.
Mrs. Jansson says
For my fellow southerners, gooey butter cake has all the same ingredients as chess sqares. I’ve only had these with yellow butter cake batter used for the crust. This would be a fun change!
Cassie says
I’m dying. This sounds fantastic!
Jessica @ How Sweet says
oh no you didn’t! wow.
Katrina says
This sounds insanely delicious! Love this idea!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
The description alone has me going….drool! And the pics, mmmgood!
Rebekah @ Making Miracles says
Mmmm…. oh that looks beautiful and SO good! 🙂
shelly (cookies and cups) says
wowee!! This looks insanely delicious 🙂
Kate H. says
Oh girl! Must try this!!!
DessertForTwo says
I’m pretty much certain I need to begin and end each day with a piece of this.
Cookbook Queen says
I am in love with this cake. I love it and I love it hard.
And thank you so much for the sweet bday wishes!! I hope all your Valentines Dreams come true!!
mommabean says
I love this for two reasons! (1) New way to make gooey butter cake; and (2) Hello? Why did I never think to make that hubby board on Pinterest? Going to waste the last few hours of work pinning. Thank you!