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A butter cake is a cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter. Butter cake is baked with basic ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda. It is considered one of the quintessential cakes in American baking. [1] Butter cake originated from the English pound cake, which ...
Gooey butter cake is generally served as a type of coffee cake and not as a formal dessert cake. There are two distinct variants of the cake: the original St. Louis, MO Bakers' gooey butter and a cream cheese and commercial yellow cake mix variant. The original St. Louis, MO Bakers' gooey butter is believed to have originated in the 1930s.
PREHEAT oven to 350°F if using a silver 8- or 9-inch springform pan (or to 325°F if using a dark nonstick 8- or 9-inch springform pan). Mix graham cracker crumbs, margarine and 1/4 cup of the sugar.
Once the bowl is at room temperature, begin adding the butter a little at a time. Continue to mix until the frosting is thick. Refrigerate bowl and whisk for 20 minutes to cool mixture.
Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans (or use nonstick baking spray with flour) and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the shortening and butter on medium speed until creamy.
Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans (or use nonstick baking spray with flour) and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Set aside.
The earliest extant cheesecake recipes are found in Cato the Elder's De Agri Cultura, which includes recipes for three cakes for religious uses: libum, savillum and placenta. [4] [5] [6] Of the three, placenta cake is the most like modern cheesecakes: having a crust that is separately prepared and baked. [7]
But trickery, sure — cheesecake isn’t cheese, and it isn’t cake. Come to think of it, it’s not a pie, either. Whatever dessert it’s masquerading as, though, cheesecake sure is delicious.