2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
2 sticks butter
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
6 (2.15 oz.) MILKY WAY® bars
6 eggs, room temperature
1 c. buttermilk
MILKY WAY® Icing or Bittersweet chocolate Ganache Frosting

Heat oven to 300 degrees. Line bottom of 9 1/2 to 10 inch tube pan with waxed paper. Sift flour with soda and salt; set aside. Put half the butter in large bowl of mixer. Beat until light. Add sugar and keep beating until mixture holds together. There's too much sugar for it to really cream but the smoother the better. Beat in vanilla.

Combine remaining butter with the MILKY WAY® in a heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly just until the mixture is completely melted and smooth. A thick liquid.

Beat eggs into the butter mixture one at a time, then beat in a scant half of the dry ingredients. Add the melted mixture as close as possible to all at once, aim for beaters as you do so. When the candy is thoroughly blended in, add the remaining dry ingredients, then the buttermilk. Turn batter into pan; bake 1 hour and 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out, finish cooling on a rack. If you use the MILKY WAY® Icing - ice while cake is still warm. If you decide on the Ganache, let cake cool completely, then frost both sides and top.

MILKY WAY® ICING:

4 tbsp. butter
2 MILKY WAY® bars
2 tbsp. vanilla
1 c. confectioners sugar

Melt butter an candy together as you did for cake. Beat in vanilla and sugar. Spread while still warm.

BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE GANACHE FROSTING:

6 oz. high quality bittersweet chocolate
1 c. whipping cream
1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. brandy
1 tsp. vanilla

Chop chocolate into fine crumbs. Heat cream until small bubbles form around the edges, then pour it onto the chocolate. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Mixture will be quite liquid. Allow to cool. Then beat in the brandy and vanilla. Frosting tastes several hours at room temperature to achieve spread consistency. You can hurry things up by refrigerating it, but be sure to stir every now and then si it chills evenly. Use as directed above.