4 Pound Turtle Cake

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

... oh well, bananas are the only sweet thing we have in the house right now, so a banana is going to have to do.

...pictures were taken at the scene of the sweet crime
...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.

[Quantum Giant]

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

[KarenH]

So... you had to lock it up with a combination lock and cable?? It sounds too heavy to steal--what were you worried about?

[Quantum Giant]

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

[Schnabel]

I basically just had a heart attack just looking at it!
Good job making it! Looks very professional!

[JaneYoung]

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

[Daisy]

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

[JaneYoung]

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.

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by Jane

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.

I'm not feeling jealous, not at all... Someone brought a peach crisp (heavy on the crisp) to our book discussion tonight, so I've been sweetened quite nicely... who needs your chocolate goo oozing pecans anyhow? Alright, who am I kidding, I've still got a fierce craving for chocolate... I'm thinking I may make some toffee bark on Tuesday (lots of chocolate there)... and this time maybe I'll add the pecans like the recipe says!

Heidi

[Elgin Clock]

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.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I've only ever made the little turtles.
You'd have to eat a lot of those to make 4 lbs.

Elgin, I think Mark had the answer at the beginning of this silly thread.
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

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Jane

It's a southern thing perhaps.

Yep, I'm a southern boy with Yankee children (well Mets really).

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.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

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.

They are called turtles because if you arrange the pecans just right they stick out from the gooey chocolate covered caramel and make it sort of look like a turtle with a head sticking out of the shell. Plus you need to eat them real slow to enjoy them and not get the caramel stuck in your teeth!

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

They are called turtles because if you arrange the pecans just right they stick out from the gooey chocolate covered caramel and make it sort of look like a turtle with a head sticking out of the shell. Plus you need to eat them real slow to enjoy them and not get the caramel stuck in your teeth!

Oh there they are!
*sigh, relief*

YaY

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

They are called turtles because if you arrange the pecans just right they stick out from the gooey chocolate covered caramel and make it sort of look like a turtle with a head sticking out of the shell. Plus you need to eat them real slow to enjoy them and not get the caramel stuck in your teeth!

I have to admit I only bothered with shaping the turtle the first few times I made them as a kid. Gradually, our impatience to start eating them got the better of us and it was a race to see how fast we could cover the wax paper with turtles. Maybe we were making a turtle in it's shell instead.