turtle cake
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Family Circle
If you're partial to the chocolate, caramel, and pecan combination of turtle candy, you'll love these chocolate cake squares drizzled with homemade fudge sauce and caramel ice cream topping and sprinkled with toasted pecans.
Servings:
16 servings
Prep Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
1 hr
Ingredients
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Cake:see savings
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1eggsee savings
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2/3 cupvegetable oilsee savings
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1 cupbuttermilksee savings
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2 cupsall-purpose floursee savings
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1-3/4 cupssugarsee savings
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1/2 cupunsweetened cocoasee savings
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powdersee savings
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1 tablespoonbaking sodasee savings
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1 teaspoonsaltsee savings
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1 cuphot brewed coffeesee savings
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Topping:see savings
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1 cupsugarsee savings
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1/3 cupmilksee savings
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5 tablespoonsunsalted buttersee savings
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1-1/2 cupssemisweet chocolate chipssee savings
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1/2 cupprepared caramel toppingsee savings
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1 cuptoasted pecans, crushed (see Note)see savings
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Directions
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Cake: Heat oven to 350 F. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
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Combine egg, oil and buttermilk in a small bowl. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Beat egg mixture into dry ingredients; continue beating until well blended. Slowly stir in the hot coffee.
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Place mixture into prepared pan. Bake at 350 F for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
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Topping: Mix sugar and milk in heavy saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Add butter and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Place chocolate chips in a bowl; pour hot mixture on top. Stir until smooth.
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Spread warm chocolate topping over cooled cake. Drizzle caramel topping over frosting; sprinkle with crushed pecans. Note: Toast pecans on a baking sheet at 400 F for 8 minutes.
Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 478, Total Fat 24 g, Saturated Fat 7 g, Cholesterol 24 mg, Sodium 430 mg, Carbohydrate 67 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 5 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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