Chess Cake Recipe
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Chess Cake

By: Cathy 
"This recipe was given to me years ago by a friend. My sons love this. I make it when we go on vacation so we can munch on it while in the car."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.3 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (48)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 12 to 18 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch cake pan.
  2. In a large bowl mix together cake mix, butter and 1 egg. Pat batter into greased 9x13 inch pan.
  3. In a medium size mixing bowl mix together cream cheese, 2 eggs and sugar. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the cake mix batter.
  4. Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 333 | Total Fat: 13.6g | Cholesterol: 63mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 0 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on May 26, 2005 by JENNJAN   view full review
My mother used to make these all the time. She would press the cake batter into a large...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 21, 2008 by oldchick1949   view full review
This cake is unbelieveable! My grandmother used to buy pies from the grocery bakery. She...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 26, 2007 by THEBLINTZ   view full review
I LOVE this recipe. I have made this three times in the last month and always get rave...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2008 by Josie_James   view full review
Best with red velvet cake mix!
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 5, 2010 by clarissa   view full review
This is a great cake. I have made a variation of this recipe many times. One tip to mix the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2007 by Melissa.Phillips.Tate   view full review
This recipe is great.. my husband tried to eat it straight from the oven. It doesnt make it...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2002 by linajoe9   view full review
This is the very best Chess Cake recipe. My kids loved it when they were small and now I have...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2010 by The Bunny Chef Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
This is really good! The only change I made was to add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 6, 2002 by LisaD   view full review
I have made this recipe for years and years.. people at work named them "Oh, God!" Bars,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.3 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2010 by demmanning   view full review
I bake at 325 for 50 minutes.

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