Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake Recipe
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 12
 
Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake is amazing poke cake loaded with caramel, chocolate, pecans and chocolate chips! It is decadent, rich, easy and delicious!
Ingredients
For chocolate cake:
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup brewed coffee (or 1 cup boiling water if you don't like coffee)
For the Caramel filling:
  • 1 (14) oz can Caramel Flavored Sweetened Condensed Milk
For the chocolate topping:
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
For the garnish:
  • Mini chocolate chips, optional
  • Chopped pecans, optional
  • Caramel syrup, optional
Instructions
To make chocolate cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking dish, set aside
  2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda
  3. Add eggs, milk, oil, coffee and vanilla extract and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes until combine (the batter will look runny)
  4. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake 30-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean
  5. Remove the cake from the oven and cool 10 minutes
  6. Use the handle of a wooden spoon to gently poke holes all over the top of the cake
  7. Pour can of Caramel Flavored Sweetened Condensed Milk over the top of cake, spread to make sure it gets into all the holes
  8. Put cake in refrigerator for 1 hour
To make topping:
  1. In a saucepan, combine milk, butter and sugar over medium heat
  2. Bring to a rolling boil and boil 30 seconds
  3. Remove from heat and add chocolate chips
  4. Whisk until smooth and shiny and immediately pour over the cake
  5. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips, chopped pecans and drizzle with caramel syrup
  6. Serve
Recipe by Yummiest Food Recipes at https://yummiestfood.com/chocolate-turtle-poke-cake/