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Chocolate Marble Gooey Butter Cake from Table for Seven

Chocolate Marble Gooey Butter Cake

Erin Table for Seven
So good and gooey! The classic butter cake with a swirl of chocolate.
4.78 from 9 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 717 kcal

Ingredients
  

FOR BASE:

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • ½ cup 1 stick butter, melted
  • 1 egg

FOR FILLING:

  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup 1 stick butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 ¾ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions
 

FOR BASE:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix together dry cake mix, egg and melted butter. Beat until well combined. Your batter will be thick.
  • Spread batter evenly on the bottom of baking dish. Set aside.

FOR FILLING:

  • Beat cream cheese, eggs, melted butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar. Beat until fully combined.
  • Remove 1 cup of cream cheese mixture. Set aside.
  • Spread remainder of cream cheese mixture over cake batter base.
  • In your microwave or in a saucepan, melt chocolate chips until smooth. Mix melted chocolate chips with reserved 1 cup of cream cheese mixture. Mix until fully combined.
  • Spoon dollops of chocolate cream mixture on top of plain cream cheese batter.Swirl carefully with a butter knife, creating a marble effect.
  • Bake for 45 minutes. Don’t let cake bake too long..it should be soft.
  • Let cake cool completely before cutting.

Notes

  • Adapted from The Country Cook

Nutrition

Calories: 717kcalCarbohydrates: 101gProtein: 5gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 21gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 121mgSodium: 613mgPotassium: 131mgFiber: 1gSugar: 78gVitamin A: 943IUCalcium: 157mgIron: 1mg
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