Milky Way Cake {My Girl Paula Challenge}

This weeks My Girl Paula Challenge is to make Paula Milky Way Cake. Talk about rich this recipe uses three sticks of butter. If that isn't bad enough 6 - 8 milky way candy bars are added to the cake batter. .... Do I have your attention now?

This cake is definitely not diet friendly at all. I could only eat this cake every once in a great while any more than that and my back side would pay the price.  The candy bars are melted together with one stick of butter and then poured into the batter. Goodness I knew this cake was going to be a rich. 

The frosting is also a boiled frosting consisting of evaporated milk, butter, marshmallow creme, sugar and chocolate chips. I was pressed for time and wanted to get this cake baked, so I didn't have time to prepare the cake as written (a three layer cake), so I made it into a bundt cake instead. 

I think it turned out pretty good, I did have some batter left over, but no problem I added the remaining batter to mini bundt cake pans and made some baby cakes. The mini cakes will be perfect for the kids. 

The only thing I disliked about this recipe was that it recommended dusting the pans with powdered sugar instead of flour or cocoa powder. The powdered sugar ended up burning a bit so I highly recommend dusting your cake pans with flour instead.  I have to admit this cake really did taste like a milky way candy bar.  

Paula this cake is definitely dangerous what were you thinking girl?

With all the butter added, this reminded me of a pound cake.


All lined up and ready to eat!

Paula Deens Milky Way Cake

Ingredients:
8 - (1 3/4 ounce) Milky Way candy bars
1 1/2 - cups butter
2 - cups granulated sugar
4 - eggs, well beaten
2 1/2- cups all-purpose flour
1/4 - teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 - cups buttermilk
1 - cup chopped pecans
1 - teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting Recipe:
2 1/2 - cups granulated sugar
1 - cup evaporated milk
1 - cup marshmallow cream
1/2 - cup butter (1 - stick)
6 - ounces chocolate chips
1 - cup chopped pecans (Did not use)

Directions:

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.

Cooks Notes: I used a bundt pan and mini bundts instead of 3 round pans. I also cut the frosting recipe in half, but it was still plenty to glaze the entire cake plus the minis. This frosting sets up very quickly. Also if using a bundt pan do not dust the pans with powdered sugar, because it will burn, I recommend using flour. .