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.
Chocolate Turtle Cake
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 9
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
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
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Step2Make cake mix as directed on box. Pour half of the batter into pan. Bake 12 minutes.
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Step3Meanwhile, 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.
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Step4Bake 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.
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
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