This is one of the best cakes I have ever tasted. My daughter Rebecca Westover has made it over and over and I never get tired of it. She's made it easy and I hope you try it and love it as I do.

Turtle Cake

Lightly grease and dust a 12" Dutch oven with flour. Prepare a German Chocolate Cake mix according to the package. Pour batter into oven and bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes. (until the cake is dry and springs back to the touch). Pull out and pour 1/2 of a large bottle of caramel sauce on top of cake the add a 18 oz carton of Caramel apple dip on top. Then sprinkle 2 c. of chopped pecans over caramel and also 2 c. of milk chocolate chips.

Take another German Chocolate Cake mix and mix according to the package and spoon the batter on top of the caramel, chips and nuts. Bake approximately 25-30 Minutes or until cake is done and pulls away from the side of dutch oven.

Remove from heat and pour remaining sauce on cake, reserving enough to garnish top of cake. Let cool.

Combine until smooth:

8 oz. pkg. of cream cheese

1 c. powdered sugar

Fold in 1 small carton of Cool Whip.

Frost cake and garnish with pecan halves and maraschino cherries and finish by drizzling the rest of the caramel sauce over the top. Shave a chocolate bar on top (optional)

This can be done with the charcoal briquets if you wanted. You could be 12 to 16 coals on bottom and 8-10 coals on lid. It's just much easier to do in the oven.