Turtle Nut Cake

Name: Turtle Nut Cake
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter, cubed; 397 grams package caramels; 170 grams cup chocolate chips; 118 milliliters evaporated milk; 1 package German chocolate cake mix (regular size); 1 halve Pecan for garnish, optional; 237 milliliters chopped pecans

Turtle Nut Cake

Turtle Nut Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 20. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 274 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, pecan halves, chocolate chips, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes.

Instructions

Prepare cake according to package directions. Set aside half of batter; pour remaining batter into a greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan.

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350° for 18 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the caramels, milk and butter.

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Caramel Candy

Butter

Milk

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Oven

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; stir in nuts.

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Nuts

Pour over cake.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips, then pour reserved batter over top.

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Chocolate Chips

Bake 20 minutes longer or until cake springs back when touched lightly. Cool on a wire rack.

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Oven

Cut into squares and top each with a pecan half if desired.

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Pecans

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Servings:

6Tbsps

butter, cubed 397grams

package caramels 170grams

cup chocolate chips 118milliliters

evaporated milk 1package

German chocolate cake mix (regular size)1halve

Pecan for garnish, optional 237milliliters

chopped pecans

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. 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. The Forge Cellars Classique Riesling with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 21 dollars per bottle.

Forge Cellars Classique Riesling

#31 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2017 Forge Cellars' most important wine aims to reveal the true nature of the vintage and to explore the terroir of east SenecaLake. Fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts in neutral French barriques (65%) and the remaining in stainless steel. With this level of ripeness, fermentations continued into late spring in order to finish bone dry.Quince, lemon, fennel and slatemingle with marzipan and white chocolate, supported by precise acidity.