Any seasoned cook will tell you – there are essential tools in the kitchen that make cooking an absolute pleasure. Right at the very top of this list for those that bake is the iconic KitchenAid mixer. It’s not just a stand mixer, it’s a KitchenAid. There’s a difference. We were approached by KitchenAid last year to review and give away their gorgeous, top of the line 7 quart kitchen mixer. We received ours, and it quickly became one of our favorite pieces of equipment in the kitchen. Even when it’s not in use, it sits there – a quiet, calm, serene piece of candy apple colored sculpture. When you need to mix something, there is no substitute. Here is the Strawberry Shortcake recipe we made with it:
KitchenAid is a sponsor of the Senior PGA Championship every year, which is being held at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, MO. They asked us to work with them again, and make a recipe that would showcase our gorgeous 7qt mixer and also tie into the regional cuisine. Our knowledge of St. Louis food was limited to BBQ, so we were a bit stumped on that one. How in the world were we going to do that? Then, after some internet sleuthing, we found out that “Gooey Butter Cake” is a sweet staple in the area, and we set out to make a grain-free version.
We decided to make this new recipe to share with everyone who could make it out to celebrate the release of Gather. We took the basic idea of the St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake, and sort of flew with the idea to come up with our own recipe. This ended up being a deliciously moist vanilla cake with a smooth, creamy, and of course gooey layer of sweet cream cheese topping. We are sure this recipe is not exactly as the original, but it was quite a hit. We are lucky we got a bite before the party because by the time we were done signing books it was completely gone!
St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake
Serves: 24
Serves: 24
Ingredients
- 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup Maple Sugar, or coconut sugar
- 3 3 3 Pastured Eggs
- 1 cup 1 cup 1 cup Coconut Milk
- 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/2 cup 2 1/2 cup 2 1/2 cup Blanched Almond Flour
- 1/2 cup 1/2 cup 1/2 cup Arrowroot Flour
- 4 tsp 4 tsp 4 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp 1/2 tsp Salt
- 16 oz 16 oz 16 oz Full Fat Cream Cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup 1/2 cup 1/2 cup 365 Organic Powdered Sugar, maple sugar, or coconut sugar
Process
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- In a KitchenAid mixer, cream the butter and maple sugar.
- Add the eggs one at a time, combining with the butter and sugar in the KitchenAid mixer.
- Add the coconut milk and the first teaspoon of vanilla extract, and continue to mix until the wet ingredients are combined.
- Slowly add the almond flour, one cup at a time, and continue to blend.
- Slowly add the arrowroot flour to the batter, and combine.
- Add the baking powder, and salt to the batter, and continue to combine until smooth.
- Line a 9x13 inch baking dish with parchment paper, and pour the batter into the dish. Smooth the batter until it is in an even layer.
- Bake the cake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees, and then turn the oven down to 350 degrees. Continue to bake for a remaining 10-15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when tested.
- Give your kitchen mixer a good wash, to prepare for making the topping.
- While the cake is baking, add the cream cheese, powdered sugar (or your choice of sweetener), and the second teaspoon of vanilla extract to the KitchenAid mixer, and blend until smooth.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
- Top the cake with the cream cheese mixture, and carefully smooth to cover as much as the cake as possible.
- Place the cake back in the oven and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from oven and smooth the gooey topping over the entire cake evenly.
- Allow cake to cool, dust with additional powdered sugar if desired, and slice into small squares.
The Giveaway:
To celebrate the Senior PGA Championship and the release of our new cookbook Gather, we’ve teamed up with KitchenAid to give away a 7 quart stand mixer to one lucky winner!
The Grand Prize: The KitchenAid® Pro Line® Series 7-Qt Bowl Lift Stand Mixer in Candy Apple Red
3 Runners Up: Each runner up will receive a signed copy of our new cookbook, Gather – The Art of Paleo Entertaining
Enter below.
I would love to have that mixer and some of that cake! Looks wonderful!
This would be awesome. Thanks for the chance!
I love the Candy Apple Red color and would love to try out this recipe. I’ve just started getting into trying to cook Paleo.
oh, how exciting!!! as everyone else, I would LOVE this mixer!
Oh I have always wanted to own a KitchenAid Stand Mixer. It would make my life so much easier. I love all of the colors they come in. I know it is the best mixer you can buy. I love to bake and cook and this would make my life so much easier. Thanks so much for the chance to win.
The recipe looks amazing, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in the new cookbook. Thanks for the opportunity!
I love to cook and bake. Kitchenaid helps in so many ways. It also is a sturdy well made product.
This would make my conversion to Paleo so.much.easier!
This would be amazing for starting my gluten free baking journey!
I pre-ordered a copy of Gather way back when it first became available to do so and now it’s in the mail and on its way to me! I can’t wait to dig through it 🙂 Winning this kitchenaid will make all the Paleo entertaining I’m planning on doing so much easier <3
This mixer is gorgeous! I would love to win!
My Kitchen Aid mixer is 33 years old. Don’t you think I need a new spiffy one?
I am always cooking & baking & I LOVE it! Right now I have a small kitchenhand hand mixer that was a gift for our wedding <3 & is now 2 years old. We have been eyeballing kitchen-aid stand mixers but just haven't been able to make that leap:( I just might faint if I got a red one;) hehe. You guys are the best!! PS….the very first thing I would make, would be THAT cake!!
I want that beautiful mixer so I can make tasty paleo recipes to give my family so they can go paleo too!
I have always wanted one of those!! My grandma used to have one and I loved it 🙂 Baking is one of my favorite things to do.
I love baking and having a good mixer REALLy helps!
I would really love to win this mixer!
Could really use one of these for making baked goods to sell at my farmer’s market.
This is a great giveaway, thank you! Gather looks fabulous and your recipes are great on this site.
I love my KitchenAid but it’s slowing dying because I use it so much. Thanks for the giveaway!
Great giveaway! Just got Gather – would love to win the mixer!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Im in love with kitchen aid products! 🙂
Would love one!
This mixer is beautiful! I would love to use this to prepare food for my pregnant-with-triplets daughter!
OOOOOH!!! Great give-away!!!
The Red would look great in my Country Style Kitchen!
Looks GREAT!!!! I can’t wait for fresh fruit season
This looks great! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Amazingly beautiful tool to make amazingly tasty paleo recipes. Thanks for the opportunity!!
I have my finger crossed.
I would love to knock this off the wedding registry
I love your blog and recipes! My kitchen has needed a good mixer for oh, so very long! This would be incredible!
I learned my way around a kitchen thanks to all the time I spent with mom and grandmother growing up. I would love to win this KitchenAid mixer for my grandmother as it would make her life so much easier. Thanks for the opportunity!
Been wanting a Kitchenaid Pro so badly but the budget is maxed out! The red color is fantastic!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love this! Great giveaway!
St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake Sounds Yummy…and a candy apple kitchen aid mixer 🙂
I have always wanted one of these!
This would be an awesome addition in my paleo transition and also would make a certain teenager very happy in her journey of learning to cook.
That recipe sounds so good and that mixer is drop dead sexy. Thank you for the chance!
Can’t wait to start making some of the recepies in the gather book, this one looks amazing.
Used to eat Gooey Butter Cake growing up in Philly, can’t wait to try this primal version!
Great giveaway! Just received Gather and I am having my first dinner party tomorrow!
I would love to win this for my Mom. Her kitchenaid mixer of 30+ years is on the blink (probably from keeping her grandchildren’s dorm rooms well stocked!)! Thank you for this opportunity!
this would be a dream come true especially since the candy red matched mt kitchen perfectly!
I’m totally making Gooey Butter Cake tonight!!!
I’m having so much fun cooking from Gather….it’s beautiful!! And I would love that mixer…..
That mixer is a beast! It has horsepower! As a baker (it’s in my genes) my kitchenaid sees A LOT of use. Upgrades are awesome 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway! I’d love to rock this cake (& probably many other goodies in the cookbook) with that mixer.