Easy Homemade Chocolate Turtle Cake Recipe

Chocolate, caramel, and pecans are made to be together, and their flavors harmonize perfectly in this stunning chocolate layer cake. Devil’s food cake mix with pudding plus chocolate morsels result in brownie-like layers filled and frosted with a jazzed up ready-to-spread fudge frosting. The finishing touches are turtle candies and a drizzling of dulce de leche ice cream topping.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 2 cups pecans
  • 3/4 cup melted butter
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 (14 ounce) bags caramels
  • 1 1/3 cups water
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (18 ounce) boxes German chocolate cake mix

DIRECTIONS:

Prepare cake mix as directed. Pour 1/2 of the batter in a 13×9 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Remove and let cool. In a double boiler, add caramels, milk and butter and stir constantly till melted. Pour melted caramel over cooling cake. Sprinkle on top 1 cup of pecans& chocolate chips. Pour remaining batter on top and bake for an additional 20 minutes.