Claire Saffitz Makes St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake | Dessert Person. One of Claire’s favorite desserts from childhood is, Gooey Butter Cake, a St. Louis tradition unlike any other cake. While most recipes call for a box cake mix, Claire takes it back to its German origins as a yeasted coffee cake base with a buttery, gooey, vanilla-scented topping. THEN, Claire puts fellow STL-native, longtime friend, and comedian extraordinaire Jo Firestone to the taste test while the two settle old Gooey Butter Cake beefs.

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Special Equipment:
Instant-read thermometer, stand mixer,
13x9-inch pan (preferably glass), pastry bag

Ingredients:

Cake
1 teaspoon active dry yeast (0.11 oz / 3g)
1/2 cup whole milk (4oz /113g)
1/3 cup granulated sugar (2.3 oz / 66g)
3 large egg yolks (1.8 oz / 50g)
1 large egg (1.8 oz / 50g)
1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt (0.11 oz / 3g)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (11.4 oz / 325g)
1 stick unsalted butter (4 oz / 113g), cut into tablespoons, at room temperature,
plus more for pan

Topping
1/4 cup heavy cream (2 oz / 57g), at room temperature
2 tablespoons light corn syrup (1.4oz / 40g)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
10 tablespoons unsalted butter (5 oz / 142g), at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar (7 oz / 200g)
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar (1.8 oz / 50g)
1 teaspoon Diamond. Crystal kosher salt (0.11 oz / 3g)
1 large egg (1.8 oz / 50g), at room temperature
1 cup all-purpose flour (4.6 oz / 130g)
Powdered sugar, for serving

Video Breakdown:
0:00​​​ Start
0:07​ Intro to St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake
0:32 Dessert Person Intro Animation
0:50​ About St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake & Claire's Childhood
2:38​ Ingredients & Special Equipment
3:28 Make The Cake Batter
5:53 Maya Appears!
6:20 Let The Cake Rise and Prepare The Pans
9:49 Make The Topping
13:50 Bake + Taste/Outro
17:40 Jo Firestone Eats Cake With Claire Saffitz
24:33 Elementary Claire!
24:38 CATS! (Felix w/ Archie)

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Photographer: Alex Lau
Food Stylist: Sue Li
Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka

Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Sound Engineer/Music: Michael Guggino
Editor: Kyu Nakama

Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton
Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley
Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar