These two Milky Way Cakes have very similar ingredients. I don't
know which one is better.

RECIPE: Milky Way Cake (Tarsi)

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    ***** Milky Way Cake                  (Plain Jane) *****
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    Categories: Cakes           Desserts        Chocolate

    Calories     per serving:       Number of Servings:   8
    Fat grams    per serving:        Approx. Cook Time: 1:20
    Cholesterol  per serving:                    Marks:

    INGREDIENTS ---------------------------------------------

       6              Milky Way Bars
       1        cup   Butter, sweet
       2        cup   Sugar
       4              Egg
       2 1/2    cup   Flour
       1/2      tsp   Baking Soda
       1 1/4    cup   Buttermilk
       1        tsp   Vanilla
       1        cup   Nuts, chopped

    DIRECTIONS ---------------------------------------------

    Melt candy bars and 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan over very
low heat.
    Set aside.  Preheat oven to 350 detgrees.

    Beat sugar and remaining butter until fluffy.  Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Add flour
and baking soda alternately with buttermilk, stirring until
smooth.  Add candy mixture, stirring well. Stir in vanilla and
nuts (nuts are optional).
    Pour into greased, floured bundt pan.

    Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 to 25 minutes.  Test
with toothpick.  Cool in pan on wire rack for 20 minutes and
remove from pan.

[Fidonet COOKING, Cindy Tarsi's Cake Recipes, 10-Apr-91 13:41]

April 1991, Cindy Tarsi

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RECIPE: Milky Way Cake (Herrick)
Keywords: Cakes, Desserts

1 1/2   cups    plus 2 tbsp butter or margarine
1       cup     (4-oz) finely chopped pecans
14      oz      Milky Way bars, cut up
2 1/2   cups    all-purpose flour
3/4     tsp     baking soda
1/4     tsp     salt
1 1/2   cups    sugar
4               large eggs
1       tsp     vanilla
1 1/4   cups    buttermilk

   Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan with
the 2 tablespoons butter. Add chopped nuts; tilt and rotate pan to
cover bottom and sides. Leave any loose nuts in bottom of pan.
Heat candy bars and 1/2 cup butter in a heavy saucepan over low
heat, stirring often until melted and smooth. Remove from heat;
cool slightly. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl,
beat remaining 1 cup butter and sugar with electric mixer until
fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in vanilla and candy mixture. Add flour mixture alternately
with buttermilk until well blended. Scrape into prepared pan. Bake
about 1 hour, or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on rack 30 minutes. Invert on rack; remove pan and
cool completely.

From: Steve Herrick
Source: [Best Recipes - July/August 1991]

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July 1991, Steve Herrick

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