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Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 12
OMG. Be ready to hand out this recipe. This cake is amazing. I am constantly asked to make this for office potlucks and birthdays. It is decadent.
Ingredients:
16 tablespoons butter melted
1 package chocolate cake mix
3eggs
8 ounce package cream cheese softened
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
16 ounce box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a rectangular baking pan. In a large bowl combine cake mix, 1 egg and 1 stick melted butter and stir until well blended. Pat mixture into prepared pan and set aside. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer beat cream cheese until smooth. Add remaining 2 eggs and the cocoa powder. Lower the speed of the mixer and add the powdered sugar. Continue beating until ingredients are well mixed. Slowly add the remaining 1 stick of melted butter and the vanilla continuing to beat the mixture until smooth. Stir in nuts with a rubber spatula. Spread filling over cake mixture in pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the cake the center should still be a little gooey when finished baking. Let cake partially cool on a wire rack before cutting into pieces.
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