Double Caramel Turtle Cake
Recipe Ingredients:
- CAKE:
- Cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- FROSTING:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fat-free milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- TOPPING:
- 2/3 cup fat-free caramel apple dip (such as T. Marzetti's)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
Recipe Instructions:
- Set and Heat up oven to 350°.
- To prepare cake, coat bottoms of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pans) and line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray and dust with 1 tablespoon flour.
- Combine boiling water and cocoa, stirring well with a whisk. Cool completely.
- Place granulated sugar, 6 tablespoons butter, and vanilla in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 to 6 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon 1 2/3 cups flour into dry measuring cups and level with a knife. Combine 1 2/3 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture and cocoa mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
- Pour batter into prepared pans and sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 to 12 minutes on a wire rack and remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.
- To prepare frosting, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and 2 tablespoons milk and cook 1 to 2 minute or until sugar melts. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Combine butter mixture and 2 teaspoons vanilla in a large bowl. Gradually add powdered sugar and beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, beating until spreading consistency.
- Place 1 cake layer on a plate and spread top with half of frosting. Place caramel dip in a small zip-top plastic bag. Snip a small hole in 1 corner of bag; drizzle half of caramel dip over frosting. Top with other cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top of cake; drizzle with remaining caramel dip. Sprinkle with pecans.
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