Classic St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake vs Queen of Puddings (Traditional British Baked Dessert)

Both desserts lean on eggs, butter, milk and sugar, yet they put them to very different work. The Gooey Butter Cake is rich and dense: a pressed base of flour, sugar, melted butter and egg sits beneath a vanilla-scented cream cheese and powdered sugar topping, baked until set but still soft and gooey at the centre. Queen of Puddings separates its eggs, beating the yolks into a milk-soaked breadcrumb custard warmed with lemon zest and whipping the whites with sugar into a crisp, golden meringue, with a layer of warmed raspberry jam in between.