Milky Way Cake
Ingredients
- 6 Milky Way candy bars
- 3 sticks butter
- 2 cup sugar
- 4 eggs beaten
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp soda
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup pecans chopped
Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- Evap. Milk to mix
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- Melt Milky Ways with 1 stick butter. Remove from heat and let cool completely (lukewarm) – if not, you will not get a light cake.
- Cream remaining 2 sticks of butter with sugar.
- Add eggs and cooled chocolate candy mixture.
- Mix flour and soda together and add alternately with buttermilk, blending well. Add vanilla and nuts.
- Bake in greased/floured 13”x9” pan at 325° for 50-55 minutes.
Icing
- Combine ingredients except pecans, using enough evaporated milk to make creamy and spreadable.
- Add pecans, mix and spread on cooled cake.