Claire Saffitz Makes St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake ft. Jo Firestone | Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz Makes St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake | Dessert Person. One of Claire’s favorite desserts from childhood is, Gooey Butter Cake, a St. Louis tradition unlike any other cake. While most recipes call for a box cake mix, Claire takes it back to its German origins as a yeasted coffee cake base with a buttery, gooey, vanilla-scented topping. THEN, Claire puts fellow STL-native, longtime friend, and comedian extraordinaire Jo Firestone to the taste test while the two settle old Gooey Butter Cake beefs. #ClaireSaffitz #DessertPerson #Cake Special Equipment: Instant-read thermometer, stand mixer, 13x9-inch pan (preferably glass), pastry bag Ingredients: Cake 1 teaspoon active dry yeast (0.11 oz / 3g) 1/2 cup whole milk (4oz /113g) 1/3 cup granulated sugar (2.3 oz / 66g) 3 large egg yolks (1.8 oz / 50g) 1 large egg (1.8 oz / 50g) 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt (0.11 oz / 3g) 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (11.4 oz / 325g) 1 stick unsalted butter (4 oz / 113g), cut into tablespoons, at room temperature, plus more for pan Topping 1/4 cup heavy cream (2 oz / 57g), at room temperature 2 tablespoons light corn syrup (1.4oz / 40g) 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (5 oz / 142g), at room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar (7 oz / 200g) 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar (1.8 oz / 50g) 1 teaspoon Diamond. Crystal kosher salt (0.11 oz / 3g) 1 large egg (1.8 oz / 50g), at room temperature 1 cup all-purpose flour (4.6 oz / 130g) Powdered sugar, for serving Video Breakdown: 0:00 Start 0:07 Intro to St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake 0:32 Dessert Person Intro Animation 0:50 About St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake & Claire s Childhood 2:38 Ingredients & Special Equipment 3:28 Make The Cake Batter 5:53 Maya Appears! 6:20 Let The Cake Rise and Prepare The Pans 9:49 Make The Topping 13:50 Bake + Taste/Outro 17:40 Jo Firestone Eats Cake With Claire Saffitz 24:33 Elementary Claire! 24:38 CATS! (Felix w/ Archie) Find Dessert Person Online: https://www.dessertperson.com Claire Saffitz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/ Find Jo Firestone Online: http://www.jofirestone.com/ Dessert Person Merchandise: https://www.dessertperson.com/buystuff For Other Penguin Random House Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ Dessert Person Cookbook Photographer: Alex Lau Food Stylist: Sue Li Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka Video Series: Producer/Director: Vincent Cross Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson Sound Engineer/Music: Michael Guggino Editor: Kyu Nakama Animation Credits: Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry Character Rigger: Johara Dutton Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar
