Enjoy this chewy, chocolatey snack cake topped with caramel and plenty of pecans.
Chewy Turtle Snack Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 25 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
Cake
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 oz sweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 tablespoons buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 eggs
Topping
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 bag (14 oz) caramels, unwrapped
- 1 can (5 oz) evaporated milk
- 1 bag (11.5 to 12 oz) semisweet chocolate chunks (2 cups)
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour.
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Step2In large bowl, beat sugar and 6 tablespoons butter with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in melted chocolate, flour, baking soda, salt, vanilla, buttermilk, water and eggs on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
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Step3Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Step4Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter, the caramels and evaporated milk over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Spread over hot cake. Sprinkle with chocolate chunks and pecans. Bake 20 minutes longer or until chocolate is melted. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Nutrition
440
Calories
24g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
51g
Total Carbohydrate
34g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 440
- Calories from Fat
- 220
- Total Fat
- 24g
- 37%
- Saturated Fat
- 13g
- 63%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 230mg
- 7%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 51g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 34g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 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; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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