Milky Way Cake Food

MILKY WAY CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare the Cake Layers: Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine candy bars and 1/2 cup butter in a small saucepan; cook over medium heat, whisking frequently, until melted and smooth, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cool 5 minutes.
• Beat granulated sugar and remaining 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Gradually add flour mixture, alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until blended after each addition. Add melted candy mixture and vanilla; beat on low speed just until blended. Divide batter among 3 greased (with shortening) and floured 9-inch round pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Prepare the Frosting: Microwave chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl on HIGH 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring after 30 seconds. Cool 5 minutes.
• Beat butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Add malt drink mix, vanilla, and salt; beat on low speed 2 minutes. Add melted chocolate and beat on low speed 2 minutes. Add 3 tablespoons cream and beat on medium speed until smooth and spreadable, adding an additional tablespoon of cream if needed to reach desired consistency.
• Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish with candy bars as desired.

MILKY WAY CAKE

Steps:

• Combine Milky Way bars, margarine and pecans in large pan on stove and heat until melted: Let cool.
• Combine shortening and sugar.
• Mix well.
• Stir in eggs and buttermilk.
• Mix just until thoroughly mixed.
• Mix flour and soda.
• Add flour mixture to candy mixture and third mixture, stirring gently.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes in four layer cake pans or one 9" x 13" and 9" square pan (Recipe can be halved- this makes a 9" x 13" size cake).
• Note: not unusual to require additional baking time.
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• Mix well and spread on cool cake.
• Can use electric mixer or blender on frosting to make it smooth.
• Also, halve the frosting recipe if making only half the cake.

MILKY WAY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325.
• Grease three 9-in. cake pans and dust them with confectioner's sugar. To make the cake, melt the Milky Way bars with 1 stick of butter. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Cream the remaining 2 sticks of butter with the granulated sugar. Add the beaten eggs and the cooled chocolate mixture.
• Sift the flour and the baking soda together. Alternately add the flour and buttermilk to the batter, blending well. Add the nuts and vanilla.
• Divide the batter among the prepared pans and bake for 30-40 minute or until the cake is firm to the touch. Cool for 5 minutes, remove from the pans and place on cooling racks.
• While the cake cools prepare the icing. Combine the sugar and milk in a heavy saucepan. Cook to the soft-ball stage (234 degrees on a candy thermometer). Remove the pan from the heat and add the marshmallow cream, butter and chocolate chips, stirring until melted. Add the pecans. When the cake has cooled completely, frost each layer, sides and top of the Milky Way Cake.

MILKY WAY CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour an angel food cake pan.
• Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
• In a small pot over low heat, melt candy bars with 1/2 c of butter.
• Cream sugar with remaining 1/2 c of butter until light.
• Add candy and blend well.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and add alternately with flour to candy mixture, ending with flour.
• Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into candy mixture with chopped pecans.
• Bake for 1 hour, 10 minutes.
• Cool on a rack.

MILKY WAY LOVER'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine candy bars and 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan; melt over low heat (or use microwave).
• Cream sugar with remaining butter.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir together flour and baking soda and add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture; beating until smooth.
• Add melted candy/butter and mix well.
• Stir in vanilla and nuts.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt or tube pan and bake for 75 to 80 minutes.
• Cool and frost with Candy Frosting, if desired, or any frosting you prefer.
• Decorate with bite sized Milky Ways if you want to get fancy!
• Candy Frosting: Melt candy bars with butter in saucepan or microwave.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Blend in just enough milk to make spreading constistency (start with just a tablespoon or so).

MILKY WAY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*.
• Chop candy bars into 1" pieces.Place candy in pan with one stick of butter.stir over low heat until everything melts together.Set aside:.
• Put other stick butter, room temperature, into large bowl -- with all remaining ingredients, except optional pecans.
• Mix well with electric mixer.
• Add chocolate mixture and optional nuts.Mix well.
• Place batter into a well sprayed bundt pan.
• Bake 50-60 minutes. Cool 15 minutes in pan.