Milky Way Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 Milky Way candy bars (2.15 oz. each)
1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 large eggs, separated
1 1/4 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. pecans, chopped
6 (6 oz.) sq. semi-sweet chocolate

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
Melt candy bars and butter, stirring frequently, in double boiler. Remove from heat.
Stir in sugar.
Combine egg yolks, buttermilk and baking soda in a small bowl until blended. Combine flour and salt in another bowl.
Add to candy mixture alternately. Stir in pecans.
In a clean mixer bowl, beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Fold into batter.
Pour into prepared pan. Bake 1 1/4 hours. Cool for 15 minutes.
Unmold and cool completely.
Melt chocolate in double boiler. Drizzle over cooled cake.