Turtle Cake and old (new) friends

When we first found out we were going to move and I started blogging about it, I got contacted by an old friend that they lived in the area. We grew up right behind each other. She was a year behind me in high school.

So we met up with her and her family on one of our first visits. They were very nice and also helped set us up with the realtor we used. Now that we have moved it ends up we live less than 5 miles away.

So they invited us over for swimming and dinner last night. We had a great time and everything was delicious. I said we would bring dessert. We made Turtle cake.

Ingredients
1 (2 layer) package German chocolate cake mix
40 caramels
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1 cup pecans
1 cup chocolate chips

Prepare cake mix according to directions. Spread half the batter in a greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Combine the caramels with the evaporated milk in a saucepan. Heat until melted, stirring to blend evenly. Pour the mixture over the cake and sprinkle with pecans and chocolate chips.

Spread the remaining cake batter evenly over the top. Bake for 15 to 25 minutes or until the top appears firm. Serve with ice cream.

I under baked it just a little and then we cooked it for 5-10 minutes at there house so it was warm.