Recipe Talk

I came across a recipe posted by a member known as Peanut Patty. It was for Bill Clayton's Gooey Butter Cake. Listed in the ingredients for the gooey filling is one cup of eggs. I've never seen eggs used as part of a buttercake topping before, and I am hoping that Peanut Patty sees this posting so she can verify this ingredient. Also, I've never heard of a recipe calling for anything but a number of eggs, and one cup seems like a lot.
Has anybody else tried this recipe?

This is the recipe posted on Taste of America.
I watch the show and it makes a thick filling.
Like cheesecake almost.
I can only tell you , this is what they made on the show.
It is a popular cake in St Louis, Mo.

My brother in law is from there. He said they were the best.

I have not made it yet.
Peanut Patty

Foodie Facts

Gooey butter cakes are rarely, if ever found outside St. Louis.

The gooey butter mixture in St. Louis butter cakes can also be found in Danishes and cookies.

In St. Louis gooey butter cake is so well liked, it's even eaten for breakfast.

Recipe:

Bill Clayton's Gooey Butter Cake

Ingredients:

Dough 3 1/2 cups flour

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoons salt

1/4 cup warm milk

1/4 ounce yeast

Gooey Butter Filling

3 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups butter

1 1/2 cups shortening

2 tablespoons vanilla

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup eggs

1 1/2 cups heavy corn syrup

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup water

1/2 cup powered sugar

Directions
Preheat over to 350 degrees.

Dough:
Grease pans with Crisco. Add all the dry ingredients and mix. Melt butter. Add eggs, butter, warm milk and vanilla. Pour into middle of dry mix. Kneed flour into smooth texture. Set aside and let rise for 20 minutes. Punch the dough until flat. Roll out and cut to line pans. Make sure dough covers the rim of the baking pans.

Filling:

Mix the first five ingredients. All should be room temperature. Mix until smooth, but still gritty. Add eggs and mix until well blended. Add flour and mix for 1 minute. Add water. Donâ€â„¢t overmix. Pour into baking pans. Let sit for 10 minutes. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top of cakes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until golden brown. Center of cake should be soft and jiggle a little. Makes three 8-x8-inch cakes.

Thank you very much for your quick reply. I'll give it a shot with the cup of eggs. It does make 3 cakes so maybe the amount of eggs doesn't seem like too much when you divide it out.