This St. Louis-style gooey butter cake is the type of dessert you try once and then can’t get it out of your head. Depending on what part you bite into, it’s crumbly, chewy, gooey, and always sweet.
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons warm whole milk
2 teaspoons (7g) active dry yeast
6 tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the baking dish
1/4 cup (50g) sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 2/3 cups (213g) all-purpose flour
For the buttery topping
1/3 cup light corn syrup
3 tablespoons whole milk, at room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups (350g) sugar
12 tablespoons (170g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
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