Milky Way Candy Bar Cake
If you love Milky Way candy bars, you will certainly love this whimsical candy bar cake made from the real thing. This is a great cake to bake with your kids and perfect for sending off to school for a Valentine's Day party.
Notes
See this recipe and more in 35 Homemade Halloween Treats.
Cooking Time1 hr
Ingredients
- 16 fun-size Milky Way bars (or 6 regular-size)
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 bar German sweet chocolate
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Over low heat, melt Milky Way bars and 1/2 cup butter. Set aside.
- Cream other 1/2 cup of butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately. Stir until smooth.
- Add Milky Way mixture and mix well.
- Pour into greased and floured 10" tube pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool befor removing from pan.
- In small saucepan, melt chocolate and butter with water. Combine confectioners' sugar and salt and gradually stir in chocolate mixture. Add the1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and spread on cake.
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cgak24
Jul 17, 2010
The recipe I see has the cake ingredients from 16 fun-size Milky Way bars (or 6 regular-size) to 1 1/4 cups buttermilk and all of the frosting ingredients below the buttermilk.
krm
Apr 04, 2010
Where in the recipe did you find out what kind and how much chocolate to use? krm
bhill
Apr 03, 2010
Where is the rest of the recipe? I don't see anywhere about the ingredients for the frosting. The milky way mixture that is heated goes in the cake...Help! I'd like to try this!
cgak24
Mar 27, 2010
German Sweet Chocolate is available in with the baking supplies. Baker's is the brand they sell at my store it is a large bar.
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