Legend has it that gooey butter cake was created by accident, at some unspecified moment in the first half of the 20th century in St. Louis, in an unnamed bakery, with an unclear set of ingredients.

Rumor has it that St. Louis gooey butter cake was the happy accident of a baker in the 1930s who messed up the proportion of butter in a coffee cake. Rather than throw it out, he sold it by the ...

This authentic gooey butter cake from my blog Grandbaby Cakes has a chewy blondie texture on the bottom and is topped with a custardy cream cheese layer. Don't frown on using cake mix for this ...

ST. LOUIS – Alright, St. Louis. We wanted to know where to find the best gooey butter cake in town (possibly for selfish reasons) and we were not disappointed. We received hundreds of ...

Today's forecast: 100% chance of WOW gooey goodness ☀️🍰 We honor the gooey heart of St. Louis ️ National Gooey Butter Cake Day ️ with a slice (or two) of St. Louis's sweetest tradition.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. January 29,1998--Gooey butter cake is a St. Louis tradition. Photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr. of the Post-Dispatch. Yield: 9 ...