Desserts
Chocolate Turtle Cake
Description
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.
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
Directions:
- Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Make cake mix as directed on box. Pour half of the batter into pan. Bake 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, 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.
- 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. Drizzle with topping and sprinkle with pecans. Serve with ice cream. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
