Cream Cheese Turtle Cake

Name: Cream Cheese Turtle Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters sliced almonds, lightly toasted; 227 grams package cream cheese, cut into pieces, room temperature; 3 larges eggs; 517 grams box German chocolate cake mix; 237 milliliters chopped pecans, lightly toasted; 414 milliliters powdered sugar; 177 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 118 milliliters purchased caramel-flavored topping or dulce de leche topping; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 2 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 79 milliliters vegetable oil; 296 milliliters water; 5 Tbsps whole milk

This recipe makes 16 servings with 457 calories, 8g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have milk, vanillan extract, dulce de leche topping, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal cake pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Cake Form

Oven

Sprinkle 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over bottom of pan.

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Almonds

Pecans

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Frying Pan

Combine cake mix, 1 1/4 cups water, oil, and eggs in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat at low speed until mixture is moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes.

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Cake Mix

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour batter into pan.

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Frying Pan

Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Gradually stir in powdered sugar (mixture will form clumps); stir in cream cheese.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Butter

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Whisk until smooth, about 1 minute.

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Whisk

Pour cream cheese mixture in large ribbons atop cake batter in pan. Using knife, swirl mixture into batter (do not overmix).

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Cream Cheese

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Frying Pan

Bake cake until tester inserted into center (in cake part only) comes out clean, about 50 minutes (bottom of cake will be very moist). Cool cake in pan on rack.

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Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over cake.

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Almonds

Pecans

Mix sugar and cocoa in medium bowl. Bring milk and butter to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low; add powdered sugar mixture and whisk until melted.

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Powdered Sugar

Butter

Cocoa Powder