I bought Paula Deen's dessert cook book and tried the recipe mentioned above. It is awesome. So far I've made the plain, chocolate, peanut butter, and pumpkin versions. I encourage all to try it. In my opinion the pumpkin is the best. That may be because of fall being here, but it is sooooo gooooddddd. Recipe is as follows:
CAKE
1 18.25 oz. yellow cake mix (any brand works) 1 egg 1/2 Cup of softened butter ( 1 stick) FILLING 1 8z. softened cream cheese 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 16 oz. box of confectioner's sugar 1/2 Cup of butter, softened (1 stick) Preheat overn 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 13x9x2 inch baking pan. In bowl of electric mixer, combine cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well. Pat in the bottom of prepared pan and set aside. Using same bowl, mix cream cheese until smooth, add eggs and vanilla. Dump in confectioners sugar and beat well. Reduce speed of mixer and slowly pour in butter. Mix well. Pour filling onto cake mixture and spread evenly. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. To determine if cake is done, center should still be wiggly. I bake mine for 40-43 minutes. Cool and cut into squares. This are very rich, so a small piece will go along way. Enjoy!!!! Adjustment for pumpkin. Use cake recipe as above. To filling mixture add 1 15 oz. can of pumpkin to filling mixture. Increase eggs to 3 total. Also add 1 Tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice, if pumpkin not seasoned. Bake as usual. Top individual squares after cutting with 1/2 of pecan and dollup of whip cream. ADJUSTMENT FOR PINEAPPLE Add 20 oz can of drained pineapple and 1 egg to filling mixture. LEMON GOOEY Use lemon cake mix in place of yellow cake mix for cake part. add juice (approximately 1/4 cup) and zest of 2 lemons to filling mixture, CARROT CAKE Use spice cake mix in cake mixture. To filling add1 cup of chopped nuts and 11/2 cups of finely grated carrots. PEANUT BUTTER Use chocolate cake mix in cake mixture. Add 1 cup of creamy peanut butter and an additional egg to cream cheese filling. You can sprinkle the top of batter with 1 cup chopped peanuts if you like. CHOCOLATE CHIP Use chocolate or yellow cake mix. Add 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 cup of chopped nuts to top of filling prior to baking. BANANA Use yellow cake mix. Add 2 ripe bananas and 1 additional egg to filling. NUTTY Use yellow cake mix and add 1 cup of chopped nuts to cake mixture. CHIPPY Stir 1 cup white chocolate chips, peanut butter chocolate chips, butterscotch morsels, Heath Almond Toffe Bits or Heath Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits into filling. Now use your imagination and create some additional flavors....Enjoy!!!!!! Barb Kolterman