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how much I enjoy doing book signings with y'all.
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You never know who you're gonna meet
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or what you're gonna hear or what you're gonna talk about.
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And I was in Nashville, Tennessee last week
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and this sweet lady named Melissa Spencer was
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And when she came up to me, she said, "Paula, we love
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that gooey butter cake."
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She said, but I brought you an orange cake mix.
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She said, "Because I tried this and my husband loved it."
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And she said," I want you to try it."
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So I brought you a cake mix in case you couldn't
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find it in your store.
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So I tell you what, Melissa,
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I don't remember seeing an orange cake mix in my grocery
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store, but I am gonna look.
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So she said she used a recipe, of course,
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but I used an orange cake mix
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and then added two teaspoons of orange extract and the zest
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and juice from one small orange.
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Now, she didn't tell me whether she put
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that in the cake mix, Melissa, or in the filling.
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So I am going to put it in the filling I think.
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I have loved you for years and I claim
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to be your number one fan.
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I can't wait to visit the lady
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and sons when you visit Savannah again in September.
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So hopefully I'll see you. Oh, here comes the big Pee-Paw.
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Did you hear me say gooey butter cakes?
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- Nope. - So y'all know how it goes.
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We're gonna start with the cake mix,
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one egg and one stick of melted butter.
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flavorful the orange is.
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And then I may add, you know, some orange egg extract to it.
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But I love this 'cause I've asked y'all over the years
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to come up with another flavor of gooey butter cake.
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So I love to hear from y'all
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and I did spray my pan a little bit,
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and I know you're thinking Paula, why in the world?
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It's got all that butter in it,
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but, okay, wait, I want to taste this.
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It's got a nice orange flavor,
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but I'm gonna take a quick break and I'm gonna go over here
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and look for my orange extract.
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So I'm gonna add one teaspoon,
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and I think that's how, what Melissa suggested,
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but the cake mix does have a nice
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orangey little kick to it.
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But we going to kick it up a little bit
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more, aren't we, Melissa?
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Okay, here we go again.
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And y'all notice that I am
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baking this in a little smaller pan than a 13 by nine by two
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because I just want it a little thicker.
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So you can do it any way you want to.
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You can make it as thick or as thin as you want.
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Just remember that you'll have to
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adjust the the cooking time.
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Back to Melissa and her orange gooey butter cake.
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I'm so excited about trying this.
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I'm just going to cream up my cream cheese real quick like.
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Okay, so it's good and soft.
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Then I'm gonna add my eggs.
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And the filling has two eggs where the crust just has one.
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So this is gonna help make it gooey.
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Now I'm gonna slowly add one box
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You kind of have to be careful,
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you don't wanna wind up looking like Frosty the Snowman.
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I am excited for this.
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Theresa just told me y'all that
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her favorite thing about watching me is trying to fit
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so many ingredients in one little bowl.
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And I am guilty of that.
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Alright, so I'm adding my one stick of melted butter.
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And slowly, slowly doing that.
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Alright Melissa, I gotta check
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and see how much orange extract you said to use.
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Two teaspoons. Okie dokie.
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This is a half a teaspoon, so I have to do this four times.
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And then I'm going to add the juice
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Now I have intentionally waited till last
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to add the zest because I've found
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if I add the zest and then use my beaters,
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a lot of my zest sticks
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to the beaters and I don't like that.
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I want to get every bit of that zest.
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You can see, I want to get every bit of it
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in there and not in the beaters.
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So I'll just fold that zest
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And see that, you'll be able to see that
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in the filling and know there's some
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really good stuff in there.
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You know, it depends on,
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we put more liquid than we normally would in this filling.
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So I'm gonna try it this way, Melissa.
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I'm gonna try it the way you did it.
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But after baking this,
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I might add another egg to the filling
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and do three eggs maybe, like I do my pumpkin gooeys.
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Okay, that looks delicious Melissa.
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So this is going in the oven.
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The main thing about a gooey butter cake y'all,
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is you don't wanna overcook it.
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When I shake my pan, I want it
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to be a little gooey in the center
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because the recipe calls it a cake,
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but it's not really a cake.
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You want some of that gooey.
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So let's try at 40 minutes, Theresa.
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Let's try 35 and then we'll- - Go from there?
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Okay, Melissa, I just took
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our orange gooey butter cakes out of the oven.
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I baked this on about
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295 or 300 in my convection oven
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and we can see it still has a little movement in the center.
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So had I used a 13 by nine by two,
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I'd have probably been good at 35 minutes.
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And it looks beautiful, Melissa,
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but it's gonna be a while before I can cut it.
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You know what they say, Melissa?
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The proof is in the pudding.
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Now I wound up cooking this for 45 minutes
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because I wanted to make sure it was gooey.
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And that's usually what it takes,
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about 40 or 45 minutes for a 13 by nine by two pan.
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So let's look and see if
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mine and Theresa's judgment was was right.
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- Ooh. - Well I would say,
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and it's still not cool.
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It's not cooled all the way through.
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Oh gosh, I think we were right on time Theresa.
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- [Theresa] Oh see I like them more,
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just a little- - Mm. Like me too.
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- So that's my kinda- - Mm mm.
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I'm gonna put that back.
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Melissa said her husband's
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favorite part of the gooey is to kind of crunchy on top.
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I think I would have to agree husband.
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You better get back up there.
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Yeah, it's gonna cut perfectly when it comes,
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just like just a few more degrees.
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You're gonna love it
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and I think you're gonna love it, Annie.
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If ya'll don't, I love it. I'll eat it all.
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- [Theresa] I've never met a sweet thing I didn't love.
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What was that? - I've never met a something
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sweet that I didn't love.
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and it really takes a gooey butter cake
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to another, another lane.
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So keep coming up with those ideas.
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And you know, I'm always gonna try to send you a lot
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of love along with some best dishes.
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Thank you girl. Hmm.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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