Easy 4-Ingredient Chocolate Turtle Cake Recipe

chunks of 4 ingredient turtle cake on white plate from the front

4.78 from 9 votes

Easy 4-Ingredient Chocolate Turtle Cake Recipe

This low calorie chocolate cake is quick and easy with only 4 ingredients - cake mix and greek yogurt, light caramel and nuts!

Prep Time5

Cook Time40

Cooling Time1

Total Time1 45

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 4-Ingredient chocolate turtle cake, caramel pecan chocolate cake, easy chocolate cake

Servings:

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Equipment

Ingredients

1 box Devil's food cake mix
1 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
1/3 cup chopped pecans (1.5 ounces)
1/4 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, 3/4 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

Notes

Serving size: 1 slice (1/12th recipe)

WW Points: 9

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5 PointsPlus (Old plan)

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.

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