Trivia: What city is synonymous with gooey butter cake?
St. Louis, Missouri
Lisbon, Portugal
Copenhagen, Denmark
Santiago, Chile
The correct answer is St. Louis, Missouri
So why is this answer correct? : Gooey butter cakes are sold in bakeries across St. Louis. The simple recipe has a cookie-like bottom crust and a gooey center made of butter, sugar, and eggs, with a sprinkle of powdered sugar on top. The recipe likely originated with German immigrants in southern St. Louis, but there are several legends about the cake’s true origins. Most of these tales have one thing in common: The recipe was probably created by accident when a cake was baked without enough flour, resulting in an ooey, gooey, delicious mess.