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Chocolate Turtle Cake

No wonder this is a bake sale winner! Devil’s food cake sandwiches caramel, pecans and, yes, more chocolate in the middle. Yum.

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Prep Time 25 min
Total Time 1 hr 50 min
Servings 20

Ingredients

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix

: Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1: bag (14 oz) caramels

1/2: cup evaporated milk

1: cup chopped pecans

1: bag (6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)

: Ice cream or Whipped cream, if desired

: Caramel and chocolate toppings, if desired

: Chopped pecans, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan.
2 Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour half of the batter into pan. Bake 22 minutes. Refrigerate remaining batter.
3 Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat caramels and evaporated milk over medium heat, stirring frequently, until caramels are melted. Stir in pecans. Pour caramel mixture over warm cake in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Spread with remaining batter. 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. Serve with ice cream, drizzle with toppings and sprinkle with pecans. Store loosely covered.

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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.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 310
Calories from Fat: 140),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 15g; 15%
(Saturated Fat 4g, 4% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 35mg; 35%;
Sodium: 250mg; 250%;
Total Carbohydrate: 40g; 40%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 24g 24% ),
Protein: 4g; 4%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 10%;
Iron: 8%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

2 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/20/2012 7:48:20 PM REPORT ABUSE ncamp said:

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Wow! Only one word needed to describe this wonderful cake. I used dark chocolate chips sprinkled in the center, and just drizzled alittle caramel on top with the chopped nuts. Not too sweet either. Very, very good. Will be making it many more times. :-D

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