Recipe

Cream Cheese Turtle Cake Recipe

	Nlo209 / All my dishes 2 years ago When I took this cake to work for a baby shower everyone wanted the recipe....but I didn't tell. It looks complicated but it's not. It's just decadent! Prep:30m Cook:50m Servings:12	Nlo209
	chocolate caramel

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Ingredients

1 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted

1 cup chopped pecans, lightly toasted

1 18 1/4 oz. box German chocolate cake mix

1/1/4 cups water

1//3 cup vegetable oil

3 large eggs

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 8 oz. package cream cheese, cut into pieces, room temperature

ICING:

1 3/4 cups powdered sugar

2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

5 tbsp. milk

1/4 cup unsalted butter

3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 cup purchased caramel-flavored topping or dulce de leche topping

Directions

FOR CAKE: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter and flour 13"x9"x2" metal cake pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over bottom of pan. Combine cake mix, 1 1/4 cups water, oil and eggs in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat at low speed until mixture is moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Pour batter into pan.

Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Gradually stir in powdered sugar (mixture will form clumps) Stir in cream cheese. Whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour cream cheese mixture in large ribbons atop cake batter in pan. Using knife, swirl mixture into batter (do not overmix)

Bake cake until tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes (bottom of cake will be very moist). Cool cake in pan on rack. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup pecans over cake.

FOR ICING: Mix sugar and cocoa in medium bowl. Bring milk and butter to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Reduce heat to medium -low; add powdered sugar mixture and whisk until melted. Add chocolate chips and whisk until smooth. Mix in vanilla.

Drizzle warm icing over cake let stand until set, about 2 hours. Drizzle caramel topping over.

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