St. Louis gooey butter cake
A yeasted cake base with a soft butter and corn syrup topping.
Active time30 min
Cooking30 min
Total5 hResting : 4 h 30 min
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Ingredients
- 260 g unsalted butter
- 43 g whole milk
- 100 g whole eggs, net weight without shells
- 56 g water
- 13 ml vanilla extract
- 360 g white wheat flour
- 2 tsp instant dry yeast
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 78 g light corn syrup
- 333 g white sugar
- 10 g icing sugar
Preparation
Soften butter and temper milk for about 20 minutes. Grease a solid metal 23 × 33 cm tin with 5 g butter. Mix yeast, milk and 28 g lukewarm water. Beat 85 g butter with 35 g sugar and 0.75 tsp salt. Crack eggs, beat and weigh 50 g net without shell, then incorporate. Alternate 210 g flour and yeast mixture and beat on medium for about 5 minutes. Spread over tin base.
260 g unsalted butter43 g whole milk100 g whole eggs, net weight without shells56 g water360 g white wheat flour2 tsp instant dry yeast1 tsp fine salt333 g white sugar- solid metal tin
- bowls
- electric whisk
- measuring spoons
- spatula
Cover and rise for about 150 minutes until almost doubled. Mix corn syrup, vanilla and remaining 28 g water. Beat remaining 170 g butter with remaining 298 g sugar and 0.5 tsp salt. Crack eggs, beat and weigh the 50 g net required for this step without shell, then incorporate. Alternate remaining 150 g flour and syrup mixture. Gently spread over risen base without deflating.
13 ml vanilla extract78 g light corn syrup- food cover
- solid metal tin
- bowls
- measuring spoons
- electric whisk
- spatula
Bake for about 30 minutes in a preheated conventional oven at 180 °C. The top should be golden, rippled and still very soft in the centre. Cool completely in the tin for about 90 minutes so the topping sets. Dust with icing sugar and cut into slices. Do not unmould warm.
10 g icing sugar- oven
- solid metal tin
- oven gloves
- rack
- small sieve
- knife
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Sources and credits
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