MILKY WAY CAKE

MILKY WAY CAKE

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 60 minutes

6.75 oz. Milky Way candy bars, chopped
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans

Frosting

4.5 oz. Milky Way candy bars, cut into pieces
1/2 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2-3 Tbsp. cream

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt cake pan or 10" tube pan and set aside. In small saucepan, melt candy bars and 1/4 cup butter over low heat, stirring frequently until blended. Set aside to cool a bit. In large bowl, beat sugar, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup softened butter until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly to incorporate each egg before adding the next. Add 2 tsp. vanilla and melted candy bar mixture and mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to egg mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add nuts and pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 55-65 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn cake out of pan onto serving plate and cool completely.

For Frosting, In medium saucepan, melt candy bars and butter, stirring frequently until blended. Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and 2 Tbsp. cream and
beat until smooth. Add more powdered sugar or cream as necessary to make desired consistency. Spoon frosting over cake, letting some drip down the sides. Cool completely. 16 servings