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Nutella Gooey Butter Cake

Nutella Gooey Butter Cake is made with a Devil's Food Cake mix topped with a gooey cream cheese layer flavored with lots of Nutella.

  • Prep15 min
  • Cook40 min
  • Total55 min
  • Serves12
Nutella Gooey Butter Cake

Nutella Gooey Butter Cake is made with a Devil’s Food Cake mix topped with a gooey cream cheese layer flavored with lots of Nutella. It’s wonderfully dense and chocolatey. Topped with whipped cream it makes a fantastic potluck dessert.

Nutella Gooey Butter Cake

Using a box of cake mix makes this recipe super easy and convenient to make.

How To Make

(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)

  1. To make Nutella Gooey Butter Cake, use an electric mixer to beat a box of Devil’s Food Cake mix, an egg, and a stick of melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9×13-inch pan.
  2. Next make the filling by beating a block of cream cheese together with 1 cup of Nutella.
  3. Beat in 3 eggs, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, and a stick of melted butter.
  4. Next mix in a 16-ounce box of powdered sugar.
  5. Spread this mixture on top of the cake batter crust and bake 40 to 50 minutes. The cake should still be gooey in the middle.
    Transferring the batter.
  6. Let cool and then cut into squares.
    Cutting into squares.
    Nutella Gooey Butter Cake

    This Nutella Gooey Butter Cake is incredibly decadent with lots of Nutella flavor. One of my favorite desserts ever. I like to serve it warm, but it is also good cold.

    Storage

    Because of the cream cheese, this dessert should be stored in the refrigerator. Wrap it well and keep it refrigerated for up to 5 days.

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    Recipe Source: Paula Deen

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Ingredients

Filling

Equipment 9x13-inch baking dish, Hand-held electric mixer

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  2. 2

    Using an electric mixer, beat the cake mix, 1 egg, and 8 tablespoons melted butter until mixed well. Press mixture into bottom of prepared pan.

  3. 3

    Make the filling. Beat Nutella and cream cheese until smooth.

  4. 4

    Beat in the eggs one at a time.

  5. 5

    Beat in vanilla and butter.

  6. 6

    Add the powdered sugar and mix well.

  7. 7

    Spread mixture over cake batter. Bake 40 to 50 minutes. Do not overbake. It should be gooey in the middle.

Nutrition

  • Calories661
  • Carbs81
  • Protein7
  • Fat36
  • Sodium511
  • Fiber2
  • Sugar65