Sometimes all you need is a no-fuss, no-frills treat to satisfy your sweet tooth. For some, that could be a batch of brownies or a generously sized chocolate chip cookie. But if you hail from St.

If you've never had ooey gooey butter cake from St. Louis, let me introduce you to your new favorite dessert. It’s rich, it’s sweet, it’s unapologetically buttery and it’s the kind of treat that makes ...

Ooey Gooey Butter Cake is decadent, rich, and buttery! It is hard to believe that it is made with a yellow cake mix. I first heard about Gooey Butter Cake recipe from friends who live in St. Louis, ...

This is mostly for Amy S., but a few others were interested so I asked mom to send the recipes. I’ll just leave her to explain: I am sending 3 gooey butter cake recipes. The first one was in this week ...

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. A ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...