Caramel Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Chocolate cake from a boxed mix gets a special treatment when spread with an easy butterscotch frosting and draped with a caramel-nut topping. “I love to make this cake for guests or to take to potlucks,” writes Gloria Guadron of Washington, Indiana. “It’s easy yet looks like it took all day.”

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Caramel Chocolate Cake Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. + cooling Bake: 30 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) German chocolate cake mix
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter, cubed
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant butterscotch pudding mix
  • 1 cup cold 2% milk
  • 2-1/2 cups whipped topping

Directions

  • Prepare and bake cake according to package directions for two 9-in. round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter and cream. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to medium. Do not stir. Cook for 3-6 minutes or until bubbles form in center of mixture and color is amber brown. Remove from the heat; stir in pecans. Cool at room temperature for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • In a small bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in whipped topping. Cover and refrigerate until thickened, about 20 minutes.
  • Place one cake layer on a serving platter; spread with 3/4 cup pudding mixture. Top with remaining cake layer; spread remaining pudding mixture over top and sides of cake.
  • If necessary, reheat pecan mixture in a microwave for up to 30 seconds to achieve a spreading consistency. Spoon pecan mixture around edge of cake. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 10-12 servings.

Originally published as Caramel Chocolate Cake in Simple & Delicious May/June 2006, p15

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