Description
This turtle caramel cake combines rich chocolate cake with gooey caramel sauce and crunchy pecans for a truly indulgent dessert everyone will love.
Ingredients
1 box devil’s food cake mix (plus ingredients as per box)
1 (14 oz) bag caramels, unwrapped
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
½ cup unsalted butter
1½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1½ cups chopped pecans, toasted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional: flaky sea salt for topping
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13-inch pan.
2. Prepare cake mix batter as directed.
3. Pour half the batter into pan and bake 15 minutes.
4. Melt caramels, condensed milk, and butter over low heat; stir in vanilla.
5. Pour caramel over cake layer, sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips.
6. Spread remaining batter on top and bake 25-30 minutes until done.
7. Cool completely, top with remaining pecans and chocolate chips.
8. Drizzle extra caramel or sprinkle sea salt if desired.
Notes
For a fudgier cake, try a brownie mix instead of cake mix.
Add sea salt for a sweet and salty contrast.
Use gluten-free cake mix for a gluten-free dessert.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg