Ingredients
Scale
- 1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 C chopped pecans
- ¾ C unsalted sweet cream butter melted
- ½ C evaporated milk
- 1 – 11 oz caramel bits
- 1 box German chocolate cake mix
- 1 C whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- ⅓ C canola oil
- 1 container of chocolate fudge frosting
Instructions
- To save some items, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9×13 heatproof dish with cooking spray.
- Add the oil, cake mix, milk, and eggs to a large mixing bowl. Use a hand mixer to beat this mixture until nicely incorporated and smooth.
- Pour half of this mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
- While your batter is baking, melt the caramel bits, butter, and evaporated milk over medium heat. Make sure to stir continuously so your mixture won’t burn. Once your mixture is all melted and there are no lumps
- Remove the cake from the oven, but don’t turn it off. Pour the caramel mixture over the baked cake in the baking dish.
- Add some chopped pecans and chocolate chips over the caramel mixture.
- Now, it is time to cover the cake with the remaining batter. Pour it over the caramel mixture and bake for 20 minutes.
- Leave the chocolate frosting at room temperature to soften.
- Remove the turtle cake from the oven and let it cool completely before you add frosting.
- Once cooled, add frosting and garnish with remaining chocolate chips and pecans.