filling
1 (16-oz) box confectioners' sugar preheat oven to 350 degrees. lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well. pat into the bottom of prepared pan and set aside.
still using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs and vanilla. dump in confectioners' sugar and beat well. reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. mix well.
pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. bake for 40 to 50 minutes. don'tsp be afraid to make a judgment call on the cooking time, because oven temperatures can vary. you want the center to be a little gooey, so don'tsp bake it past that point
pineapple gooey: add a 20-oz can of drained crushed pineapple and an extra egg to the cream cheese filling. proceed as directed above.
lemon gooey : use a lemon cake mix in place of the yellow cake. add the juice (approximately 1/4 cup) and
zest of 2 lemons to the cream cheese filling. proceed: as directed above.
carrot cake gooey: use a spice cake mix, and add 1 cup chopped nuts and 1 1/2 cup finely grated carrots to the cream cheese filling. proceed as directed above.
banana gooey : use a yellow cake mix. prepare cream cheese filling as directed, beating in 2 ripe bananas and an extra egg. proceed as directed above.
nutty gooey: use a yellow cake mix, and add 1 cup chopped nuts to the cake mixture. proceed as directed above.
chippy gooey: stir 1 cup white chocolate chips, peanut butter chocolate chips, butterscotch morsels, heath almond toffee bits or heath milk chocolate toffee bits into filling. proceed as directed above.