turtle cake

Name: Turtle Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 box(es) cake mix, german chocolate; 14 ounce(s) caramels; 1/2 cup(s) butter or margarine; 1 can(s) sweetened condensed milk; 1 cup(s) chopped pecans; 3/4 cup(s) chocolate chips

(2 RATINGS)

129 Pinches

Leanne Hershberger

Wintersville, OH

Updated on Oct 18, 2012

This cake is one of the few that my family fights over the edges. The caramel filling oozes over the edges as it bakes.

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prep time 1 Hr

cook time 1 Hr 5 Min

method Bake

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Ingredients

1 box cake mix, german chocolate
14 ounces caramels
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup chocolate chips

How To Make turtle cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour 13x9 cake pan

Step 2

Prepare cake mix according to package directions
Step 3

Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325 for 20 minutes. Cool cake for 5 minutes.
Step 4

While cake is baking, combine caramels, butter, and sweetened condensed milk in saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until caramels melt. Then pour and spread over cake.
Step 5

Spread remaining batter evenly over caramel layer. Sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips over top. Bake at 325 for 30-35 minutes. Then turn oven off, leaving cake in oven for 10 more minutes. Remove cake from oven and cool. Cut into squares to serve.
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