Gooey Salted Caramel Butter Cake Bars Recipe
These Gooey Salted Caramel Butter Cake Bars combine a buttery cake base with a gooey salted caramel topping, making it the ultimate dessert for caramel lovers. The mix of sweet and salty flavors creates a perfect balance, and the bars are simple to prepare with basic ingredients. An irresistible treat for any occasion!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 16 bars
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- Butter
- Sugar
- Salted caramel sauce
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Flour
- Cream cheese
- Confectioners' sugar
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven and line a baking dish with parchment paper.
- Make the cake base by creaming butter and sugar, then mix in eggs and vanilla.
- Add flour and mix until combined; press into the bottom of the baking dish.
- Prepare the cream cheese mixture by combining cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and eggs.
- Pour the cream cheese layer over the cake base.
- Drizzle salted caramel sauce over the top and swirl gently.
- Bake until golden and gooey in the center.
- Sprinkle with sea salt and cool before cutting into bars.
Notes
- Adjust saltiness by adding more or less sea salt.
- Let the bars cool completely for easier cutting.
- Use homemade or store-bought salted caramel sauce.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 240mg