Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake

Well, we've gotten our turkeys taken care of. They're all settled and waiting to be

cooked, but before we get started with those, I'm going to go ahead and start on our dessert

which is called gooey butter cake. And you're going to love this recipe. It's so easy and

simple to make, and once you taste it, you'll never, ever want pumpkin pie again. We're

going to simply start with a yellow cake mix, and you can just use the brand of your choice

along with one stick of melted butter. And to that we're going to add one egg. Now you

can't hardly get much simpler than that. And this is going to be our crust. And we're

going to just beat this until all the cake is mixed and moist. All right, we're ready

now. So we're going to just ease that up and kind of spin that off of our beaters. As you

can see our crust to our gooey butter cake is very very thick that's why I

normally just stick it in a mixer and get done with it now all we're gonna do

at this point is take our crust and lay it into our greased prepared pan and to

make the spreading of my base a little easier I just gonna rub my hands in the pot that I had the butter in and I just going to grease them up a little bit You know when I started making these wonderful little gooey I just used a very basic recipe

of cake mix and eggs and cream cheese. But after a while, I got bored making them that way, so I got into the kitchen and I

just played around and tested and I bet you at this point we probably make 50 different

gooey butter cakes. Now we're going to move to our cream cheese filling, and I'm not even going

to bother washing this mixer. We can use it just like it is. You can make your gooey's the morning

of or the day before. I really prefer a fresh gooey that was just out of the oven the day of

Thanksgiving, and you don't even have to refrigerate these, which is even nicer. We're

going to start with our cream cheese and our powdered sugar, and we're just going to beat these

two things together until they're fluffy. It really is so simple. And then we're gonna slowly add another stick of butter

And remember, this is called gooey butter cake. So we're gonna add three eggs to the center

We gonna add about a teaspoon of vanilla flavoring We getting there At this point now we are at our original gooey butter cake recipe

Now is when we're gonna make our changes. Today, because it's Thanksgiving, we're gonna make pumpkin

and I'm using just a regular canned pumpkin. And we're gonna just fold this into our cream cheese

And because this doesn't have any of your flavorings, I'm gonna add a little ground cinnamon and a little nutmeg

Now, I go lighter on the nutmeg than I do the cinnamon because it's really a potent seasoning

And so at this point, this is when you change your flavorings. If you wanted to do blueberry

or if you wanted to do peanut butter, if you wanted to do cherry, peaches

whatever you wanna do. But as I told you, this pumpkin is just perfect

for Thanksgiving. And look how wonderful. I see you getting your pumpkin-y color now

So all we do now at this point is pour it onto our crust

In about 45 minutes, we're gonna have the most wonderful pumpkin dessert

you've ever put in your mouth. And we ready to go into the oven Our cooking time is up now on our gooey butter cakes and they should be ready and

they are. They look just perfect. Now, normally, I would let these cool for about 20 or 30

minutes, but I can't stand it. I'm going to go ahead and cut them now because I want y'all

to see them. I'm going to just slice this, and I love to eat, and I can't eat a real

big piece. So cut them to suit your preference. And these down here are a little bit bigger

so we'll give this end to the men. And I tell y'all, before I put them on the platter

I don't think anybody will know if I just sneak one real quick like. So I've just got to taste it

because it's been a while since I've had the pumpkin. But look, look, look at that beautiful

beautiful, warm, gooey pumpkin. And I always top mine with a little fresh, sweetened whipped

cream. And if you like, when you go to serve it, you can also just sprinkle it with a little

cinnamon. Just dust your plate. I don't think anybody will notice if one little tiny piece

is missing. It really is Thanksgiving

Thank you