CPK Butter Cake

4.89 from 76 votes

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 37

Author: Susan

Calories: 447kcal

Servings:

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Save yourself a trip to the California Pizza Kitchen by making this delicious CPK Butter Cake at home! It's sweet, rich, and amazingly good!

Equipment

2 mixing bowls
1 small bowl to whisk an egg
1 hand mixer
1 9-inch cake pan only one pan is needed; either works fine!
1 set of measuring cups
1 set of measuring spoons
1 whisk
1 spatula

Ingredients

Cake Layer

1 cup butter softened
2 ounces cream cheese softened
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
1 egg room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup all-purpose flour

Topping Layer

2 ounces cream cheese softened
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
½ egg room temperature
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Set out 2 eggs, 2 sticks of butter, and cream cheese to soften and come to room temperature
Preheat oven to 325° Fahrenheit / 163° Celsius
Begin with the cake layer. Place butter, cream cheese, and sugar into one of the mixing bowls. Use a hand mixer to cream these ingredients together.
Add the egg, vanilla extract, and salt, and use hand mixer to beat until combined.
Keeping the hand mixer on low, slowly add flour and mix until all of the flour is incorporated. Set first mixing bowl aside.
Moving on to the topping layer, cream together sugar and cream cheese with your hand mixer. Add the egg and vanilla, and beat to combine. Set second mixing bowl aside.
Prepare 9-inch round pan or ramekins by greasing with butter or vegetable shortening, then dusting with flour.
Spread the contents of the first mixing bowl into the prepared pan, and smooth the top with a spatula or the back of a spoon.
Spread the contents of the second mixing bowl on top of the first layer, but do not stir. If necessary, smooth this layer as well.
Bake in a 325° Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Allow cake to cool before carefully removing from the pan. Slice and serve alone, with ice cream, or with dollops of whipped cream.

Notes

Oven temperatures vary, so check your cake along the way to make sure it doesn't burn. If you use ramekins instead of a single pan, your cooking time may be less.

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