Chocolate Turtle Cake
"Great for birthdays, Valentine's Day, potluck and other social gatherings."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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20
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) German chocolate cake mix
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup oil
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, divided
- 1 (14 ounce) bag caramels, unwrapped
- 1⁄2 - 1 cup chopped pecans
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Turtle Cake Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons evaporated milk
- 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
- Combine and mix well cake mix, butter, eggs, water, oil and 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk. Pour half of the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
- In a saucepan over low heat, combine caramels and 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk. Stir mixture, heating until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. Evenly spread over the baked cake layer. Sprinkle generously with chopped pecans. Cover with remaining cake batter. Bake 25 to 30 minutes longer or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Frost with Turtle Cake Frosting.
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Turtle Cake Frosting:
- Combine butter, cocoa, and evaporated milk in a small saucepan. Heat, stirring, until butter is melted and mixture is well blended. Remove from heat and add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Spread over cooled cake.
- Store loosely covered at room temperature.
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Reviews
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We're not the hugest frosting fans so I omitted it. Instead I made the bars as written, but sprinkled a cup of chocolate chips and a half cup of pecans on the top layer of cake batter before baking. I always make our cakes this way. We took these to a party, billed them as brownies, and they disappeared very fast. Thanks again Gailanng for another great one!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
