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.
This would so wonderful to have around the holidays!
I would love to have a KitchenAid. It is the perfect “ingredient” for my cupcakes!!!
The recipe looks awesome! I would love to try it with a new KithcenAid Mixer 🙂
I will make this with berries for the hubby’s birthday in July! Thanks for the drawing too.
Can’t wait to make this recipe! Would love to have this shiny red Kitchen Aid mixer to make it with!!! 🙂
I can’t wait to try out this recipe! Looks super delicious! And I’ve only heard amazing things about KitchenAid mixers 😉
And in Candy Apple Red?! Perfect!
Wow, I’d love to win this! I already have your cookbook and it’s awesome!
This would be awesome for bread making! There are so many yummy things I’d love to bake but take so much time with a little hand mixer 🙁
MMMMM delicious!!!! My fiancee and I have started a new diet do to my health reasons and this mixer would help us out a lot.
Love Kitchen Aid and love Gooey Butter Cake!
My friend from St. Louis talks about this cake! Can’t wait to try it!
oh wow, that cake looks delicious!!! I would love to with the mixer.. or even Gather
Ooo.. that cake looks delicious!! i’d love to win the mixer or Gather!
I might end up with a million comments on here. anyway.. the cake looks amazing and i’d love to win a kitchen aid!
Wow, that cake looks delicious! I would love to win the mixer.
This is one appliance that my kitchen is definitely missing! It’s been on my wish list for a long time! Thank you for this giveaway!!
I’d love to win this mixer to give to my Mom. I already have a Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer and I love it!
This looks soooo yummy!!! Can’t wait to try it and it would be WONDERFUL!!!!! to win a Kitchen Aid Mixer….it’s on my some day wish list. 🙂
I would love to win this beauty!!!
I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thanks so much for organizing this giveaway.
That looks delicious! Please enter me in the drawing, thanks!
Not only do I get a fab recipe, I can also enter a kitchenaid giveaway??? Awesome!!! <3
At first, I was disappointed because the recipe didn’t look “Paleo”! As I read further, I saw that it was! I will definitely try this recipe…maybe for Mother’s Day! Love Kitchen Aid!
I would love to win this Kitchenaid! The color is awesome!
Thanks for sharing the cake recipe. It looks delish!
As soon as I win the mixer, I can make the Gooey Butter Cake! Please! I need both!! LOL
That cake recipes sounds awesome!
I would LOVE to win this mixer! Also, just got “Gather” in the mail yesterday. Congratulations! What a work of art!! I cannot wait to cook from it!
My mixer is DYING from over-use… I need a new one!
So shiny!
I grew up watching my mom cook with her KitchenAid. I’d love to have one of my own!
Really want to win this!
The cake looks incredible.
This would be amazing!
Is it sad that I was a little more excited to get the gooey butter cake recipe than the KitchenAid giveaway? Hahaha! When I moved into my my now in-laws house in St. Louis for a year my mother in-law made me one for my birthday and I never expected to find a paleo version!!!!!
Just got some local strawberries in my Farm to Table box yesterday! Think this will have to be on the menu tonight! Love, btw, the pizza recipe in Gather. Have made several variations and been so pleased with it/them! Yay!
I would love to make the yummy cake with a brand new mixer!!
I can’t tell if I’m salivating more over the buttercake or the KitchenAid mixer!
I have always wanted a Kitchen Aid Mixer because I love to bake! Love the color. Thanks for the recipes. Now I can create gooey butter cake for a special treat for our paleo family!
Can’t wait to make this cake. I have LOVED every Food Lover’s Kitchen recipe I have ever made – including a new one from the new Gather cookbook!
Ooh an amazing Red ! Hope it will be mine 🙂
The cake look so…. attempting. Thanks for the giveaway.
My mom used her Kitchen Aid mixer all the time when I was growing up. I’d love to have one of my own!
As if the gooey butter cake recipe wasn’t enough! I think I am in heaven. I would love the mixer as well and might need it if my husband and my kids don’t get the hint of what I want for mother’s day! lol!
Yum for for cake and the candy apple red Kitchen Aid mixer. I would gladly make space on my kitchen counter for that!
This cake looks amazing! Thanks for the giveaway.
OMG. I love butter cake! yum!!
The crème de la crème of kitchen gear! One of these years my husband will get me one (or I could win one :D).
I would love it, I lost mine in a move, had it for 12 years. 🙁
This has been on my kitchen gadget wish list forever! I bought my mom one a few years ago, now I need one!
I have a super old one that was my grandmother’s, but it doesn’t work so well anymore. I’d love a new one!