Gooey Chocolate Butter Cake

This amazing chocolate butter cake recipe yields a fudgy and decadent cake with rich chocolate flavor and a gooey interior layer!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword butter bars, chocolate butter cake, chocolate cake, fudgy chocolate cake, gooey chocolate butter cake, gooey chocolate cake

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 40

Total Time 55

Servings servings

Calories 196kcal

Author Wendie Williams

Equipment

1 9x13 baking pan

Ingredients

1 (15.25 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
1/2 cup butter softened
4 eggs divided
1 (8 ounce pkg) cream cheese softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, add the chocolate cake mix, butter, and using a hand mixer, mix until the butter is incorporated.
Add in 2 of the eggs and mix until combined.The batter will be thick.
Press the dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking pan and set aside.
In a medium bowl, add the softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, 2 remaining eggs, cocoa powder, and vanilla, and using a hand mixer, mix until combined.
Pour the cream cheese layer evenly over the dough.
Bake for 40 minutes, remove from the oven allow to cool before cutting.

Notes

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Don’t overbake them. The center should still look slightly soft and jiggly when you take the bars out of the oven. They’ll continue to set as they cool.

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