Turtle Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. German chocolate cake mix with pudding
1 (14 oz.) bag caramels
1/2 c. margarine or butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 c. chopped pecans
3/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preparation

Prepare cake mix according to package directions; spoon half of batter into a greased and floured 13 x 9-inch pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Cool cake for 5 minutes.
While cake is baking, combine caramels, butter and condensed milk in saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until caramels melt.
Spread over cake.
Spread remaining cake batter evenly over caramel mixture. Sprinkle pecans and chocolate morsels over top.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes.
Turn off oven and leave cake in oven for 10 minutes.
Cool; cut cake into squares to serve.