Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake

This Ch???l?t? Turtle P?k? C?k? ?? made completely from ??r?t?h! A m???t chocolate ??k? ???k?d with caramel sauce ?nd t????d w?th ??r?m?l ?h???l?t? frosting and chopped ????n?!

Prep T?m? 40 m?n?
C??k T?m? 1 hr 15 m?n?
T?t?l Time 1 hr 55 m?n?
S?rv?ng?: 12

Ingredients 
CARAMEL CHOCOLATE FROSTING 
F?r the caramel ??u??

• 1/4 ?u? (56??lt?d butter 
• 2/3 cups (150l?ght brown sugar packed 
• 3/4 ?u?? (180mh??v? wh????ng ?r??m 
• 1 t?? v?n?ll? ?xtr??t 
• 2 tsp corn ??ru? 

For the fr??t?ng

• 1/2 cup (112salted butt?r 
• 1/2 ?u? (95?h?rt?n?ng 
• 1/2 ?u? (57n?tur?l un?w??t?n?d ????? powder 
• 3 cups (345powdered sugar 
• 6 �7 tb?? m?lk 
• C?r?m?l ??u?? for drizzling 
• Ch???l?t? sauce f?r dr?zzl?ng 
• Pecan b?t? 

CARAMEL CHOCOLATE CAKE 
F?r th? ??r?m?l ??u??

• 1/2 ?u? (112??lt?d butt?r 
• 1 1/3 ?u?? (300l?ght br?wn sugar ???k?d 
• 1 1/2 ?u?? (360mheavy whipping cream 
• 2 tsp v?n?ll? ?xtr??t 
• 4 tsp ??rn ??ru? 

F?r th? ??k?

• 2 ?u?? (260?ll purpose fl?ur 
• 2 ?u?? (414?ug?r 
• 3/4 ?u? (70n?tur?l un?w??t?n?d cocoa powder 
• 2 t?? b?k?ng ??d? 
• 1 tsp ??lt 
• 2 l?rg? ?gg? 
• 1 ?u? (240mm?lk 
• 1 ?u? (240mvegetable ??l 
• 1 1/2 t?? v?n?ll? 
• 1 ?u? (240mwater 

In?tru?t??n? 

1. T? m?k? th? ??r?m?l ??u?? for the fr??t?ng, ??mb?n? ?ll th? ?ngr?d??nt? f?r the caramel (butt?r, br?wn sugar, ?r??m, vanilla extract ?nd corn ??ru?n a m?d?um sauce ??n. 
2. H??t on m?d?um-l?w unt?l ?ug?r is m?lt?d. Be ?ur? t? m?lt th? sugar ?n a l?w?r h??t so th?t you d?n�t ?nd u? with a gr??n? ??r?m?l sauce. When the ?ug?r has m?lt?d, turn the h??t t? m?d?um-h?gh t? br?ng to a boil. 
3. B??l for 3 minutes, ?t?rr?ng occasionally, th?n r?m?v? fr?m heat and pour ?nt? a h??t-?r??f bowl. It w?ll bubbl? u? a g??d b?t wh?n b??l?ng. 
4. Pl??? th? ??u?? in th? fridge t? ???l and firm. Th?? ??u?? ??n b? m?d? ?h??d ?nd ?t?r?d ?n the fr?dg? for u? to tw? weeks. 
5. Pr??r t? baking th? cake, prepare the ??r?m?l th?t will b? poured ?v?r top. Add th? butt?r, brown sugar, cream, vanilla ?nd ??rn ??ru? t? a large saucepan. Heat ?n m?d?um-l?w unt?l ?ug?r ?? m?lt?d. B? sure t? melt th? ?ug?r on a l?w?r h??t so th?t you don�t ?nd u? with a grainy caramel ??u??. Wh?n th? ?ug?r has m?lt?d, turn th? heat t? medium-high t? br?ng t? a b??l. 
6. B??l for 3 minutes, stirring ???????n?ll?, th?n r?m?v? fr?m h??t ?nd ??ur ?nt? a h??t-?r??f b?wl to ???l t? ?b?ut room t?m??r?tur?. It will bubbl? u? a g??d b?t wh?n b??l?ng. 
7. To m?k? the ??k?, ?r???r? a 9�13 inch cake ??n b? gr????ng the b?tt?m ?nd ??d??. Pr?h??t oven t? 300�F (148�C). 
8. Add ?ll dr? ingredients to a l?rg? bowl and wh??k t?g?th?r t? ??mb?n?. 
9. Add ?gg?, m?lk, v?g?t?bl? oil ?nd vanilla t? the dr? ingredients ?nd m?x unt?l well combined. 
10. Sl?wl? ??ur th? w?t?r ?nt? the batter, m?x?ng well ?nd b??ng ??r?ful of splashing. 
11. P?ur th? b?tt?r into th? ??k? ??n ?nd b?k? f?r about 40-45 m?nut??, ?r until a toothpick ??m?? ?ut with a f?w ?rumb?. 
12. R?m?v? th? cake from th? ?v?n and ?ll?w th? ??k? t? cool t? r??m temperature, th?n ??k? h?l?? ?ll ?v?r. I u?? a kn?f? sharpening rod, but you ??uld also u?? a l?rg? ?tr?w ?r th? ?nd of a w??d?n spoon. 
13. P?ur th? ???l?d ??r?m?l over th? ??k? ?nd spread ?t evenly ?nt? th? h?l?? ?f the cake. 
14. T? make th? fr??t?ng, ?dd th? butt?r ?nd ?h?rt?n?ng t? a l?rg? mixer b?wl and b??t unt?l w?ll combined. 
15. Add th? ????? ??wd?r ?nd ?b?ut half ?f th? ??wd?r?d ?ug?r and m?x unt?l ?m??th. 
16. Add about h?lf ?f the ??r?m?l sauce (wh??h ?h?uld b? ??ld ?tr??ght ?ut of th? fr?dg?nd 5 t?bl?????n? ?f m?lk and mix until ?m??th. 
17. Add th? r?m??n?ng ??wd?r?d ?ug?r ?nd m?x unt?l w?ll ??mb?n?d and ?m??th. 
18. Add ?dd?t??n?l m?lk, ?? n??d?d, t? g?t a n???, ?m??th and ??r??d?bl? frosting ??n???t?n??. 
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