Candy Bar Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 chocolate-coated caramel nougat bars (i use milky way's)
• 1 cup butter, sofented and divided
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 6 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 for cake: melt candy bars and 1/2 cup of the butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring well until smooth; set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl beat remaining 1/2 cup butter and sugar together at medium speed with mixer until fluffy.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• 4 in a bowl combine the flour and baking soda; add to sugar mixture alternately with the buttermilk; beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• 5 beat at low speed with mixer after each addition.
• 6 stir in melted candy bar mixture, vanilla and pecans.
• 7 pour into a greased and floured 12 cup bundt pan or 10" tube pan.
• 8 bake in 350 degree preheated oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 9 cool in pan on wire rack for about 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.
• 10 drizzle with the chocolate glaze.
• 11 for the glaze: stir together the sugar and cocoa in a large mixing bowl; add butter and milk; beat at medium speed with mixer until smooth.