Turtle Poke Cake

5 from 1 vote

Turtle Poke Cake has a chocolate cake base soaked with caramel and topped with a fluffy chocolate-caramel whipped cream and crunchy pecans. It’s everything you love about turtle candies—soft, gooey, chocolatey, and completely irresistible!

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Chill Time4

Total Time4 40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: poke cake

Servings:

Calories: 246kcal

Author: Kelsey Byrnes

Equipment

1 9x13-inch baking pan

Ingredients

1 box Devil's food cake mix* plus ingredients called for on box
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup caramel sauce* divided
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 8-ounce tub whipped topping
1/2 cup chopped pecans
additional caramel sauce, fudge sauce and/or chocolate shavings for garnish optional

Instructions

Prepare the chocolate cake according to package instructions in a 9x13-inch pan.
1 box Devil's food cake mix*
Combine condensed milk and 1/2 cup caramel.
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk, 3/4 cup caramel sauce*
Poke holes into the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon or a straw.
Pour the caramel mixture over the warm cake.
Cover the cake with foil or a lid and refrigerate for a few hours.
Whisk together cocoa powder and 1/4 cup caramel sauce. Use a rubber spatula to gently stir in the whipped topping.
3 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 8-ounce tub whipped topping
Spread over the chilled cake.
Top with pecans and additional caramel and fudge sauce, if desired.
1/2 cup chopped pecans, additional caramel sauce, fudge sauce and/or chocolate shavings for garnish

Notes

*You can also use a chocolate or dark chocolate cake mix.

*I recommend using a jarred caramel sauce. The plastic bottles of caramel ice cream topping will be too runny.

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