Paula Deen's Gooey Butter Cake

Ingredients:

 
 Cake:
   - 1 18 1/4-ounce package yellow cake mix
   - 1 egg
   - 8 tablespoons butter, melted

 Filling:
   - 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
   - 2 eggs
   - 1 teaspoon vanilla
   - 8 tablespoons butter, melted
   - 1 16-ounce box powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer.  Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan.

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.  Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together. 

Next, add the powdered sugar and mix well.  Spread over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.  Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.

I made this several weeks ago, and I can still imagine the buttery goodness melting in my mouth--and later attaching to my rear-end (but that's not the point, right?!).  It was worth every last freakin' fat gram. Some things really do taste better than skinny feels. And this is one of those things!

**Recipe taken from Paula Deen's website.**