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Gooey butter cake
  • 1. In which city did gooey butter cake originate?
A) Philadelphia
B) New York
C) Chicago
D) St. Louis
  • 2. What are the two distinct variants of gooey butter cake?
A) The yeast-raised version and the sourdough version
B) The chocolate variant and the fruit variant
C) The deep butter version and the thin crust version
D) The original baker's formula and the cream cheese/cake mix variant
  • 3. What is the base of the original baker's formula for gooey butter cake?
A) Shortbread cookie dough
B) Flaky pie crust
C) Commercial yellow cake mix
D) Yeast-raised sweet dough
  • 4. What ingredient is used to stabilize the topping of the original gooey butter cake?
A) Gelatin
B) Baking powder
C) Cornstarch
D) Humectants like corn syrup
  • 5. What type of cake is the gooey butter cake generally served as?
A) Formal dessert cake
B) Breakfast pancake
C) Wedding pastry
D) Coffee cake
  • 6. Around what decade is the original St. Louis gooey butter cake believed to have originated?
A) 1980s
B) 1930s
C) 1910s
D) 1950s
  • 7. Which ingredients are included in the top layer of the cream cheese variant?
A) Eggs and cream cheese
B) Corn syrup and glycerin
C) Yeast and flour
D) Powdered eggs and butter
  • 8. What is dusted on top of gooey butter cake before it is served?
A) Nutmeg
B) Powdered sugar
C) Cinnamon
D) Cocoa powder
  • 9. What is another name for the cream cheese variant of the cake?
A) Stollen cake
B) Brownie cake
C) Deep butter cake
D) Chess cake
  • 10. How do professional bakeries that know the original formula make the cake?
A) Using a graham cracker crust
B) Using heavy cream and honey
C) Using cream cheese and cake mix
D) Using corn syrup, sugar, and powdered eggs
  • 11. According to one origin story, what caused the creation of the first gooey butter cake?
A) The oven temperature was set too low
B) A baker reversed the proportions of butter and flour
C) A baker dropped the cake on the floor
D) A shortage of yeast during the Great Depression
  • 12. Who was the owner of the bakery where the first accidental cake was supposedly made?
A) Jason Ozenkoski
B) John Hoffman
C) Bill Ozenkoski
D) Fred Heimburger
  • 13. In the context of the bakery stories, what was 'gooey butter' originally used for?
A) A topping for sourdough bread
B) An adhesive for Danish rolls and stollens
C) A base for deep butter coffee cakes
D) A filling for cupcakes
  • 14. What was the initial humectant used in the authentic gooey butter cake formula to achieve the signature effect?
A) Honey
B) Vegetable oil
C) Glycerin
D) Molasses
  • 15. Who is credited with preserving the authentic yeast-raised formula of the cake?
A) The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission
B) The Ozenkoski Bakery lineage
C) The Heimburger Family
D) The Hoffman Bakery estate
  • 16. Why did other bakers outside of St. Louis fail to sell the cake when it was first introduced?
A) Customers thought it looked like a mistake or a flat mess
B) It required refrigeration which they lacked
C) The taste was too bitter
D) It was too expensive to produce
  • 17. Which retail chain sells wrapped, individual slices of gooey butter cake as a snack?
A) Panera Bread
B) Walmart
C) Walgreens
D) Wawa
  • 18. In which region outside of St. Louis is gooey butter cake popular in German-style bakeries?
A) Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
B) The Deep South
C) New England
D) The Pacific Northwest
  • 19. Besides the Philadelphia area, where else is gooey butter cake popular?
A) The Florida Keys
B) New York City
C) The Jersey Shore
D) The West Coast
  • 20. Which store has started selling different flavors of individually-wrapped gooey butter cakes?
A) Panera
B) Wawa
C) Walgreens
D) Walmart
  • 21. On which television series did characters discuss gooey butter cake?
A) The Spirit of St. Louis
B) Defiance
C) Bakers of the Midwest
D) Pizza Masters
  • 22. In what episode of Defiance was gooey butter cake discussed?
A) A Taste of the Midwest
B) Leave Me in St. Louis
C) The St. Louis Market
D) Down In the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
  • 23. Which show featured gooey butter cake in an episode titled 'Leave Me in St. Louis'?
A) Pizza Masters
B) SyFy Showcase
C) Midwest Eats
D) Defiance
  • 24. What is an adjective used to describe the scene on the Haas Baking box?
A) Anachronistic
B) Photorealistic
C) Modern
D) Monochromatic
  • 25. Which specific bakery is mentioned as being an independent or family bakery in St. Louis?
A) Walmart
B) Federhofer
C) Walgreens
D) Panera
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