This decadent Turtle Brownie cake is made with layers of brownie, chocolate ganache, salted pecans, and a smooth caramel buttercream frosting.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 40 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour40 minutesminutes
Servings 20
Author Kat Jeter & Melinda Caldwell
Ingredients
Brownie Cake
2 18.3ozboxes Brownie mix + ingredients listed on back of package
1 cTurtle Candieschopped
¼cDulce de Leche
Caramel Frosting
8ozButtersoftened
4cPowdered Sugar
½cDulce de Leche
1-2TbspMilk
Chocolate Ganache
2cDark chocolatefinely chopped
1cHeavy cream
Salted Pecans
1cPecan halves
2tbspButtersalted, melted
1tspSaltfinely ground
Instructions
Brownies
Mix the brownie batter up and pour it into 3 greased and parchment lined 9-inch round pans. Bake brownies following the instructions on the packaging for 8x8" brownie pan. Bake until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean then remove from the oven and let cool completely.
Caramel Buttercream
In a mixer combine the butter with the powdered sugar until it is smooth.
Add Dulce de Leche continuing to mix.
Add milk one tablespoon at a time until the buttercream is a smooth spreadable consistency.
Salted Pecans
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Melt butter and toss pecan halves in it.
Lay pecans on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and sprinkle with salt.
Bake for 10 - 15 minutes or until pecans begin to dark slightly.
Remove from oven and let cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache
Heat the cream in the microwave until it begins to boil then pour over the chopped chocolate stirring until completely melted and smooth.
Assemble Brownie Cake
Start with a layer of brownie.
Spread caramel buttercream over the brownie and top with the next brownie layer. Add another layer of frosting and another layer of brownie.
Pour warm ganache over the top brownie and sprinkle with salted pecans and chopped Turtle candies.
Heat ¼ cup of dulce de leche in the microwave for about 15 seconds or until it is pourable and then drizzle over top of the cake.