Chocolate Turtle Layer Cake

Name: Chocolate Turtle Layer Cake
Prep time: 4 h 25 min
Cook time: 4 h 25 min
Total time: 4 h 25 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devils food cake mix; 237 milliliters canola oil; 340 grams jar caramel topping; 454 grams container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting; 118 milliliters canned dulce de leche (caramelized sweetened condensed milk); 3 eggs; 1 box (4-serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix; 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules or crystals; 198 grams box turtle candies; 296 milliliters milk; 59 milliliters pecan halves, toasted; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 170 grams cup semisweet chocolate chips; 16 servings Unsweetened baking cocoa; 3 teaspoons vanilla

The recipe Chocolate Turtle Layer Cake could satisfy your Southern craving in about 4 hours and 25 minutes. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 515 calories, 6g of protein, and 21g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. Head to the store and pick up devil's food cake mix, pecans, rich & creamy cream cheese frosting, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray; sprinkle with cocoa.

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Cooking Spray

Shortening

Cocoa Powder

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Oven

In large bowl, beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, milk, oil, vanilla and coffee granules with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips and chopped pecans.

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Chocolate Chips

Instant Coffee

Pecan Pieces

Cake Mix

Vanilla

Egg

Milk

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour batter into pans.

Bake 30 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.

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Toothpicks

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Remove cakes from pans to cooling racks; cool completely. Wrap cake layers; refrigerate at least 1 hour.

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Wrap

In medium bowl, stir frosting and dulce de leche with whisk until well blended; set aside.

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Dulce De Leche

Frosting

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Whisk

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Cut 6 of the turtle candies in half; set aside. Chop remaining candies.

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Candy

Place 1 cake layer, top side up, on serving plate.

Spread with half of the frosting mixture; sprinkle with chopped candies.

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Frosting

Spread

Place second cake layer, top side up, on candies.

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Candy

Spread remaining frosting mixture on top of cake. Cover; refrigerate until serving time.

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Frosting

Spread

Drizzle caramel topping over top of cake, allowing some to drip down side.

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Caramel Sauce

Garnish with pecan halves and reserved turtle candies.

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Pecan Halves

Candy

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Servings:

1box

Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix 237milliliters

canola oil 340grams

jar caramel topping 454grams

container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting 118milliliters

canned dulce de leche (caramelized sweetened condensed milk)3

eggs 1box

(4-serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix 1teaspoon

instant coffee granules or crystals 198grams

box turtle candies 296milliliters

milk 59milliliters

pecan halves, toasted 237milliliters

chopped pecans 170grams

cup semisweet chocolate chips 16servings

Unsweetened baking cocoa 3teaspoons

vanilla

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 21 dollars.