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chocolate turtle cake

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Recipe by
t d
@TM1234
Seaside, AZ

Another goodie! If you have a chocolate craving this cake will do the trick!

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yield 10 -12
prep time 40 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Convection Oven

Ingredients For chocolate turtle cake

  • 1
    egg
  • 1 c
    buttermilk
  • 2/3 c
    vegetable oil
  • 2 c
    flour, all purpose
  • 1 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 1/2 c
    cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 1 Tbsp
    baking soda
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    coffee (hot brewed)
  • ICING
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 1/2 c
    milk
  • 6 Tbsp
    butter
  • 12 oz
    semi sweet chocolate morsels
  • 1-2 tsp
    hot coffee if needed for consistency
  • 1 1/2 c
    pecan halves toasted
  • 3/4 c
    caramel ice cream topping (hersheys -my favorite)
  • 3
    wooden skewers to hold cake together if needed

How To Make chocolate turtle cake

  • 1
    Grease 3 9inch cake pans Line with parchment paper Grease the paper and dust with cocoa powder
  • 2
    In a small bowl combine: egg, oil, buttermilk
  • 3
    In a large mixing bowl combine: flour,sugar,cocoa powder,baking soda, salt
  • 4
    Gradually mix buttermilk mixture to flour mixture until combined
  • 5
    Gradually beat in hot coffee
  • 6
    Pour batter into prepared pans evenly
  • 7
    Bake on 350 and cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pans and invert cakes on racks, Peel off paper and cool completely
  • 8
    ICING: In a small saucepan combine sugar, milk,butter. Bring to a boil stirring constantly
  • 9
    Remove from heat and add chocolate morsels. Whisk until smooth. Add 1-2 tsp hot coffee if it's too thick to ice cake smoothly.
  • 10
    makes 1 1/2 cups of icing
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