Gooey Almond Butter Cake

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 47 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) yellow cake mix
• 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup almonds, halved
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract, pure
• 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
• 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Recipe

• 1 preheat to 350°f.
• 2 crust:.
• 3 mix in a large bowl cake mix, melted butter, egg, and almonds.
• 4 blend with mixer on low speed for 2 minutes.
• 5 the batter should form a ball.
• 6 place batter into an ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. evenly over the bottom.
• 7 set the pan aside.
• 8 filling:.
• 9 mix cream cheese until fluffy.
• 10 add the eggs, almond extract, and melted butter and beat on medium speed for 1 minute.
• 11 add the powered sugar.
• 12 beat on medium speed until the sugar is well blended in about 1 minute.
• 13 pour the filling onto the crust and spread so that the filling covers the entire surface and reaches the sides of the pan.
• 14 place in oven.
• 15 bake the cake for 45 minutes or until brown.
• 16 the cake will not look done it's supposed to look that way.
• 17 remove the pan from the oven and place on wire rack to cool, then cut into squares and serve.