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As it turns out, Gooey Butter Cake was never really meant to be at all. Although the exact details are unclear — and highly dependent upon who you ask — it’s estimated that the cake first appeared in the city sometime between the late 1930s and early ’40s, when St. Louis’s German population was booming, along with the number of bustling bakeries. A recipe for homemade Gooey Butter Cake, complete with its signature crispy-chewy foundation, fantastically sloppy, sweet filling, and snowy blanket of powdered sugar.