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A wooden spatula holding up a slice of slow cooker turtle cake.
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Slow Cooker Turtle Cake

This turtle cake has three layers of goodness and is easily made in the slow cooker.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Author: Sarah Olson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 13.25 oz. Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix (I use Betty Crocker)
  • 1 cup coffee (I use this instead of water)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 2 large eggs

For Topping

  • 1 cup salted caramel (I find this in the ice cream topping aisle)
  • 1 1/2 cups whole pecans You will need enough pecans to cover the cake.

Instructions

  • Spray the slow cooker heavily with non-stick spray.
  • In a large bowl add the cake mix, coffee, eggs and oil. Mix until smooth (some lumps left are fine; this is normal).
  • Pour the cake mix into the slow cooker.
  • Cook on HIGH for 2 hours (or until set in the middle) this will vary depending on your slow cooker.
  • When the cooking time is done, remove the slow cooker from the insert and let cool for at least an hour - adding the caramel too soon will make it completely disappear into the cake.
  • When cool, add the caramel and arrange the pecans on top.
  • Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Optional: Before adding the pecans to the cake you can toast them in a dry skillet, this will give them more flavor and freshen them up if they are stale.

Nutrition

Calories: 530kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 500mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 97IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 3mg

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