I'm excited to share this easy chocolate turtle cake made lighter. With only 4-ingredients it comes together quickly and makes for an impressive dessert. As soon as I spied it in the Fall 2021 Hungry Girl Magazine (affiliate link) I knew I wanted to try it and I'm so glad I did.
Chocolate Turtle Cake
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Skinny Chocolate Turtle Cake?
According to my calculations, each serving has 193 calories.
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How to Make Low Calorie Chocolate Turtle Cake
Step 1: Gather and prep your ingredients.
Ready to make the cake
Step 2: Stir together the cake batter until well blended.
Mixing the cake batter
Step 3: Spread batter into the pan.
Ready to bake the cake
Step 4: Bake until done.
Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce and Chopped Pecans
Step 5: Cool and then top with warm caramel topping and chopped nuts.
Recipe Notes
No pecans?
Use whatever chopped nuts you prefer -- walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts or peanuts would all be great.
No devil's food cake mix?
Any chocolate cake mix will work.
No light caramel dip?
Any caramel syrup will work. I used caramel ice cream topping. Just adjust calories and WW Points accordingly if that's a concern
Serving Suggestions
This cake is delicious on its own or the way my husband likes it, with a scoop of ice cream alongside.
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Skinny 4-Ingredient Chocolate Turtle Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box devil's food cake mix
- 1 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans (1.5 ounces)
- ¼ cup light caramel dip
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F degrees. Coat a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl stir together the dry cake mix, yogurt, ¾ cup water until well blended. Gently stir in half the chopped pecans.
- Transfer mixture to the prepared baking pan. It will be very thick and take some work to spread it out. Smooth out the top.
- Bake until a thin knife or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
- In a microwave safe bowl, heat the caramel for about 30 seconds or until hot. Drizzle over the cooled cake. Sprinkle with chopped pecans. Cut into 12 even pieces
Recipe Notes
Recipe source: Fall 2021 Hungry Girl Magazine (affiliate link)
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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Dorothy Wilhelm
Simply made and taste good! Can change ingredients if needed.
Jan Johnstone
Hi Martha
We really loved the chocolate turtle cake. So simple to make that it would have been hard for me to ruin it. It was moist and delicious. I didn't change any of the ingredients. It was nice straight out of the oven with ice-cream. In Australia, we have the devil's food cake mix so it was a no-brainer to make an easy 4-ingredient cake. Looking for the recipe after my daughter left, I realised she had sneaked the recipe into her bag.
Joanna
It would have been helpful if you posted the names of the ingredients and amounts. The photo is NOT enlargeable...So we were not able to try this recipe...thumbs down.
Martha McKinnon
If you scroll down, you'll find the recipe card complete with ingredients, amounts and instructions. ~Martha