Turtle Cake

Photo: Sugar Plum Blog

If you were looking for “ninja turtle cakes” or a cake in the shape of a sea turtle, I’m sorry to have to disappoint you.

The Turtle Cake we offer here is a chocolatey, pecan, caramel delight named after Turtle Chocolates.

A rich dark chocolate cake, with the “turtle” elements of pecans, caramel, chocolate and a ganache for good measure. This is an easy Turtle Cake recipe too – no layers involved.

This great Turtle Cake recipe is from the always delicious Sugar Plum Blog.

Would you like another Turtle Cake recipe to make you swoon? Take a look at this decadent Turtle Cheesecake (again, no sea creatures involved).

Turtle Cake Recipe

 

Ingredients

For the Turtle Cake:

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup dark or regular cocoa powder
• 2¼ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1⅓ cups whole milk

To finish:

• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• ⅔ cup heavy cream
• 2 cups dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1½ cups finely chopped pecans, toasted, plus additional whole pecans for decorating
• 1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips (optional)
• Caramel sauce

Instructions

1. For the full recipe visit: Turtle Cake.

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