Rozanek's Bakery St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, combine 1 cup flour and 3 tablespoons sugar.
• 2 cut in 1/3 cup butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling. pat into the bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan.
• 3 for filling, in the mixing bowl, beat the 1 1/4 cups sugar and 3/4 cup butter or margarine until combined.
• 4 beat in the corn syrup and egg until just combined.
• 5 add the 1 cup flour and evaporated milk alternately to the mixing bowl, beating until just combined (batter will appear slightly curdled). pour into crust-lined baking pan.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees f for about 35 minutes or until cake is nearly firm when you shake it. let cool in pan on wire rack.
• 7 remove to serving plate. sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.