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4 Pound Turtle Cake
Anyone ever heard of a 4 lb. turtle cake?
I've just been assigned melting a whole bag of caramels and a can of sweetened condensed milk together for a filling. :eek: I'm stirring - so far not much is happening. Wonder if the 4 lbs is how much this cake is going to weigh or if 4 lbs. is how much a person can gain by eating some of it. |
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How are you stirring and typing at the same time?
I think it's 4 lbs after you finish sampling:) I've only ever made the little turtles. You'd have to eat a lot of those to make 4 lbs. |
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-dave |
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but so far it is not moving in that direction. Now I've just had to sprinkle a whole bag of pecans over the layer of caramel mess and then pour a chocolate batter over that. I'm guessing a 4 lb. gain by just looking at this thing. I don't see a tail. |
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Please feel free to step right up here and try KK, our 4 lb. turtle cake. What have you got to lose? Your health? Your figure? Your doctor? No problem, just take it slow and easy, there you go. EDIT - I've just been told we make frosting tomorrow. Wonder what that will be. |
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My arteries are clogging just thinking about it.
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Licking the pan is always the best though! |
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How could I forget to lick the pan? I've never forgotten to lick the pan. That's the best part. Shell shock. |
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Wow!
My birthday cake has made the annals of Chief Delphi. This is going to be an awesome cake. -John Richard EDIT: If it does wind up being turtle shaped, it needs a name. |
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Why are you making a 4 pound turtle cake?
How big is the pan that is used to bake a 4 pound turtle cake? How many people does it take to bake a 4 pound turtle cake? How many people does it take to eat a 4 pound turtle cake? How do you get to be one of those people? Inquiring minds want to know! :rolleyes: |
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Well, let me see - John, :D -uhYup - this is your birthday cake...its name is KK. Unless someone more talented than me comes along to make it look like a turtle, it is going to look like it does now only with frosting which leads me to Cynette. Let's see..I think because so much stuff is in this cake, it is going to end up weighing 4 lbs. I haf nooooo idea. It is a large, oblong glass cake pan. Did I say large? It took 2 of us until one of us left and went for an overnight somewhere between the layers. It's headed down to Galveston tomorrow so I am told - I hope a LOT of people eat this thing. Lot - and if you can hop a plane down this way, you can be one of them. You can even eat one of the gooey eyes. I'm thinking it would be good with coffee. Remind me never to ask any questions about 4 lb. cakes again. |
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So - we made up the frosting recipe as we went, how hard could it be? It's the best chocolate mustache I've ever had. I think fried KKs and turtle cake might be a little rich for some, but for others, it is just right. |
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you mean there isnt even turtle in it?
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I think it is like Moose Tracks ice cream. I looked for those tracks, too. |
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OK, Jane, it has been more than 24 hours. We want pictures of the cake!!!!
-dave . |
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(it might be a good thing) b. the cake is about 70 miles down the road on its way to A&M Galveston and I didn't take a picture before it left a humorous aspect - the only remaining piece of the recipe is the name: 4 Pound Turtle Cake soooorrrrryyyyyy - |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Go and do whatever Dave says, and just maybe we'll (HINT) get another '07 game hint! ;)
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I'll give it my best shot Dave. Why do I get the feeling that I should put this recipe back together for an eastbound trip.... Is it nice and fall-ish out east yet? This is another perfect fall recipe, me-thinks. |
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EDIT: This is probably not one of the best threads to find a game hint '07 in. But you can find lots of stuff about gaining 4 lbs. |
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I whipped the butter til it was filled with air (lighter frosting that way) then added a box of powdered sugar, cocoa, evaporated milk and real vanilla. I whipped some more then spread it over the turtle cake an inch thick. The result is an ooey, gooey extremely rich chocolate cake. The 2 threads: Butter Fried KKs = breakfast 4 lb turtle cake = second breakfast Jane |
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This thread should be illegal! I think I've gained 4 pounds just from reading it. And now I'm craving chocolate, which isn't something I crave all that often... oh well, bananas are the only sweet thing we have in the house right now, so a banana is going to have to do.
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You think that is bad? I have been re-reading the thread, getting hungry, and looking for stuff to eat too. But we just happen to have some Krispy Kremes in the house (surprise!). I didn't have any turtle cake (yet). But we did have the ingredients for Jane's turtle cake frosting.
Which goes really well spread on Krispy Kremes. -dave . |
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How many forums do you visit where a thread begins talking about a 4 pound turtle cake and ends with Dave eating KK's at 1 in the morning? CD, you gotta love it!
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...not much could be eaten, too rich - a rich turtle, imagine ...the frosting would be perfect on a banana, with a maraschino cherry to go with it - or in my case, a jar of maraschino cherries. |
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Ok...Here are the pictures of the cake.
![]() ![]() 4 people ate about a 3 inch wide row out of one of the short ends of the pan... It's so rich....... -John Richard |
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So... you had to lock it up with a combination lock and cable?? It sounds too heavy to steal--what were you worried about?
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Turns out it's a very heavy cake...close to 10 pounds.
That's actually one of the two laptop locks I've got laying around....The family got down here about 11 last night (while i was setting up my external hard-drive), and it got left on the table. If someone did steal the cake, they wouldn't make it very far....they'd take a bite, and have to sit down. The richness is overwhelming. -John Richard |
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I basically just had a heart attack just looking at it! :ahh:
Good job making it! Looks very professional! |
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Somehow I am not surprised it weighed more than 4 lbs.
It went from a little red eared slider to a large box. :) The family fruit cake runs about like that..... I think we can give you guys the recipe if you want....otherwise I'll leave it alone. Jane |
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woah....that looks good.
This thread is deemed illegal by the Board of Willy Wonka under Law 29: "this looks better than what I made," and is punishable by giving the cake to the Board to eat. Daisy |
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It gets worse -
the photos show the cake after it had been in the refrigerator, so all the goo 'hardened' and didn't show. They brought me home a piece a little while ago and all the caramel and goo is oozing out with the pecans now where the light layer goes into dark. |
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Umm..
Is this a West coast thing? What in the world is a Turtle Cake? I seriously thought it was going to be in the shape of a Turtle reading this thread. Ouch. My brain hurts. Boy was I sadly dissapointed, and now longing for an explanation about that pic. :confused: |
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I think 'turtles' are like something we call pralines down here. It's a southern thing perhaps. Caramels, pecans, sweetened condensed milk - seem to have been what made this cake a turtle. Sorry that you were disappointed. :) Jane |
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The little "turtles" are made with the same ingredients that Jane used for her larger cake, but they are roughly the size of a half-dollar (about two bites worth) and are made with one pecan-half coated with the caramel mixture covered with chocolate. |
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*sigh, relief* YaY |
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hmm. sounds good, Jane! but the thread reminded me of a Kitty Litter cake we once had at work... :rolleyes:
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Don't get me started, Kathie...do NOT get me started...
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Someone sent me the recipe for that kitty cake last week. It was just gross! Of course, some team members ordered me a birthday special down in Disney World during Chamionship one year. It was crushed Oreo Cookies (just the outside) with gummi worms. Looked like worms in dirt. They made me eat it but how do you dunk in milk?
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OK, here is one from my wife, named for her Aunt Honey, it's Auntie Honey's chocolate cake. (or my birthday cake however you choose to look at it.) You can substitute decaf but that's just for wimps. And again, just for effect, (Mark and Kathie) that's just gross!
2 C flour 1-3/4 C sugar 1/2 C cocoa 1 T baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 C sour milk (if you don't have any, I add some vinegar to sour it) 1 C hot strong coffee (if you don't have any made, I use instant, but make it a bit strong) 2/3 C salad oil 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla Mix all ingredients together. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. 9x13 greased & floured pan. Frost with fudge icing (below). Fudge Icing - 2-1/2 C powdered sugar 4 sq baking chocolate 4 T margarine 1 tsp vanilla dash salt 5 T milk Melt margarine & chocolate over low heat. Remove from fire. Add remaining ingredients & beat until smooth. (If it gets a little lumpy, return to heat and beat, but watch so as not to scorch - add a few drops of milk.) Spread over cake. (It's ok if it's a bit thick - it's yummy.) Enjoy! Dottie |
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and - since we have discussed - kitty - litter, I thought it might be nice to add some - bark -. |
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Toffee Bark: Line a buttered cookie sheet with graham crackers. Combine and boil for 3 minutes: 1 Cup Margarine (or butter) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup pecans Pour over graham crackers and bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Pour 12 oz. chocolate chips over it when come out of oven. Spread when melted. Refrigerate and break into pieces when hard. Store in air-tight container. You can leave the pecans out, which I do most of the time because I usually make these for Robotics and I don't want to have to worry about nut allergies, though why anyone allergic to nuts would be on a robotics team is beyond me... after all, we're all nuts there. If you leave out the pecans, you have to lessen the boiling time by at least 30 seconds. Heidi (who will be making toffee bark in about an hour) P.S. The chips should be semi-sweet or milk chocolate (I tried dark chocolate once, and it was odd) and if you use margarin, use a kind with dairy. I tried making a Vegan variety of this once for Eric's sisters using vegan margarin and the dark chocolate chips, and it was nasty, very very nasty. |
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Yum,
We call them toffee squares up here and we (my wife) only makes them at Christmas. Good eating, milk or coffee on the side is your choice. |
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I get to start making soups soon..... :D |
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On L.I. the trees are lagging about a month behind. Most are still green. a couple have started to drop brown leaves. Like Kathie's area we've had higher than normal rainfall.
I do have one tree outside my window with the tips of two branches a flaming red, and a couple of young trees I can see in the distance are red. I take a parkway to work and it's really pretty when the trees are all changing, but it hasn't really started yet. |
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The Day Fire continues to burn unabated; today it's threatening Lockwood Valley, which is uncomfortably close to where our team leader lives. We could really use some rain up there... Prayers for our firefighters and area residents would be appreciated. |
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Should I FedEx some of the ones form my lawn next month? (I have plenty...) Don |
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I guess I should mention on a more positive note, compared to my previous post, that we do get a little fall color in the Los Angeles South Bay area--mostly from liquidamber trees. In our own yard, we look forward to the pineapple guava (feijoa) crop around this time. Yesterday, our puny tree dropped several fistfuls of little fruit; it's feeling very productive this year. I tried thinning the fruits to make them bigger, but only one is a decent size (2 inches long). Time for planting our winter garden--if I get around to it. Maybe I should try spinach this year. :rolleyes: |
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The Day Fire (which started on Labor Day) has burned mostly in a rugged wilderness area, but has proven "uncontrollable," and in the last day or two has advanced into inhabited areas and begun burning buildings. Every few days the wind shifts and blows the fire into new areas. I expect that a fire of this magnitude is being covered on national news. The rest of our team lives down here in the paved flatland, so we're not in any danger from this fire. |
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I haven't found it on the news, Karen.
If anyone has, please point me. What is paved flatland and what does that mean in relation to the fire? Jane |
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I've been going to topix.net and searching for "Day Fire." But as you can imagine, this also produces a lot of bogus hits, as the search engine also finds the words separately! But here is a link that should work: North County Times SoCal geography lesson: Much of the city of Los Angeles is located in the Los Angeles basin, a relatively flat plain, roughly 20 miles wide, bordered on the west & southwest by the Pacific, and on the north and east by mountain ranges (some of our local mountains top 10,000 ft., and all of our hills and mountains are very rugged). North Los Angeles County consists of a series of valleys, mountains, and even part of the Mojave Desert. North and west of L.A. County is Ventura County (mostly mountains and valleys), where this nasty fire is having its way. North of Ventura County is Kern County, which is at the southern end of the Central Valley (mostly farmland). In its natural state, California is very flammable all summer long, except in the Pacific Northwest. But in the Los Angeles Basin, the natural vegetation has mostly been replaced by buildings, pavement, and over-watered landscaping, so it's not so flammable; plus, the weather is moderated by the moist, cool breezes of the Pacific. However, wherever people have built homes near the foothills, canyons, and mountains, there is a danger of brush and/or forest fires. So whenever you hear about really bad fires here, it's usually in the hills and canyons, not in "flatland." Most FIRST teams in L.A. county are located in the "man-made" parts. Team 330 is officially located in Hermosa Beach, right on the coast, and most of our members live within a few miles. However, our team leader lives in the mountains, which is why his family has to evacuate, and the rest of us do not. But there is at least one Lego League team in the Frazier Park area, and an FRC team (Frazier Mountain--I don't know the team number). The schools have been closed up there, so we can only pray that the firefighters will be able to protect the little mountain communities in that area. |
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I was on my way in to work today and saw a new billboard. It was Smokey Bear in a forest along with several members of the Bambi cast including Bambi, Thumper, and Flower. Smokey Bear has been an important part of our family history for many years. The ad campaign seems to ebb and flow with time. It was nice to see the new billboard this morning, esp. thinking about the recent posts in this thread.
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The fire was stopped several miles from our team leader's property. The family and animals were long gone, staying with friends far away from the fire. The evacuation order for their area was lifted on Saturday and they went home that night after collecting some of their animals. They were going to get the rest on Sunday. They did say that they had friends in Lockwood Valley who had the fire go up the other side of their street. We haven't had any reports from Team 981 Frazier Mountain Robotics, but in view of the minimal property damage they are probably OK as well. If we hear otherwise I'll post again. BTW our Fearless Leader told us how they decided what to take and what to leave. Basically they went through the house looking at things and asking themselves "can I buy another one of these?" If the answer was "yes", it stayed. Something to think about. Hopefully we won't be seeing any Fall colors quite that bright again this year. but we won't be out of the fire season completely until the rains start in November or December. Also heavy rains in a burned area can make huge problems with mudslides and ash choked streams. So it is not over yet. ChrisH |
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True to form, This area jumped through fall and into winter. I'm about 70 miles from Buffalo which had two plus feet of snow Oct 12th. Because the leaves are all on the trees the weight of the wet snow was devastating. Branches and trees down everywhere taking power lines with them. They are saying it will take up to two weeks to get everyone's power restored. The NY Thruway was closed for about 9 hours on Friday the thirteenth. :rolleyes: The snow came across the top of NY (they call it Lake Snow) to about 5 miles from here. It was strange driving to work and seeing cars coming from the west with piles of snow on them. We just had frost on the windshields. We actually hadn't had a hard frost and then wham, 2 ft of snow! Ooo I can't wait for Winter! :cool: :( |
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As far as leaves go, most of them were just blown off by the wind. This year they never really turned "colors", they just turned brown and blew off. This thread seems to have started off discussing large food, so I will say that I work at the Wisconsin State Fair every summer, and they make some huge food item that they give to a few hundred people every year. I don't remember what was made last summer, but two years ago they made a huge crumb cake. It was the world record crumb cake, and it was like 10 ft. by 10 ft. Three years ago they made a pizza that was like an 8 foot square. |
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It's finally happened here... Trees have put on their Autumn dress, red, yellow and orange, colors I don't dare wear, and it's beautiful! I'm hoping to finagle a long walk at Riverbend park this weekend to take in the Fall colors.
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Jane, is this the recipe? Turtle Cake With Caramels |
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I made some changes with this recipe increasing the richness. - Use a whole bag of pecans - Butter the cake pan rather than grease it with the white stuff. :) - real vanilla, not imitation (it does make a difference) I'll read it through it again and edit if I changed anything else. Edit: Oh, not having the recipe, I didn't make the frosting over heat, rather I used the mixer and I did whip the butter for the frosting extra long just because I wanted more air in it. And if one was feeling really happy about richness, one could add a couple of tablespoons of coffee to the frosting mixture. Either way of making the frosting would be good. The most important part ... do not forget to lick the pan. Thanks for posting the recipe, Greg. Jane P.S. I didn't notice that the thread was high-jacked .. or how many times ... |
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Speaking of fall color! It is finally a sunny day here after several weeks of BLAH and the color is great! :) |
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