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Chocolate Turtle Cake

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  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Servings 12
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No wonder this is a bake sale winner! Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix sandwiches caramel, pecans and, yes, more chocolate in the middle. Yum.
Updated Jul 20, 2023
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Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 1 bag (11 oz) caramels, unwrapped (about 36 caramels)
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk (from 12-oz can)
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • Caramel topping, if desired
  • Chopped pecans, if desired
  • Vanilla ice cream, if desired

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
  • 2
    Make cake mix as directed on box. Pour half of the batter into pan. Bake 12 minutes.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat caramels and evaporated milk over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted. Stir in pecans. Pour caramel mixture over warm cake in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Carefully spread with remaining batter evenly over chocolate chips.
  • 4
    Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Cool at least 30 minutes. Drizzle with topping and sprinkle with pecans. Serve with ice cream. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    This recipe is just part of the grand-prize winning entry of the Trinity Lutheran Church Women of Birchwood, Wisconsin, in Betty Crocker’s 1999 national Bake Sales Competition for nonprofit organizations that hold bake sales as a means of raising money.
  • tip 2
    Be sure to unwrap the caramels before starting this recipe. That way there is time to cook the caramel mixture as the first layer bakes.
  • tip 3
    Try topping cake pieces with sweetened whipped cream or a drizzle of chocolate-flavored syrup.

Nutrition

500 Calories, 25g Total Fat, 6g Protein, 62g Total Carbohydrate, 42g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
500
Calories from Fat
220
Total Fat
25g
38%
Saturated Fat
7g
33%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
50mg
16%
Sodium
380mg
16%
Potassium
300mg
9%
Total Carbohydrate
62g
21%
Dietary Fiber
2g
10%
Sugars
42g
Protein
6g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
15%
15%
Iron
15%
15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
4
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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