Recipe of the Week
By Mary Kay Radnich

Chocolate Butter Gooey Cake - A Good, Gooey Dessert

Recipe:  

• 1 (2-layer) package butter-recipe chocolate cake mix

• 10 tablespoons butter, melted

• 1 egg, lightly beaten

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened

• 1 (1 pound) package confectioners’ sugar

• 2 eggs

• ˝ cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the cake mix, butter, and I lightly beaten egg in a mixer bowl and mix well. Press into a greased and floured 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Beat the cream cheese, and confectioners’ sugar in a mixer bowl until light. Add 2 eggs and mix well.  Stir in chocolate chips. Spread over the layer in the prepared baking pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until light brown. Cut into squares to serve.

**Variation:  For Vanilla Butter Gooey, use a yellow cake mix and omit the chocolate chips.