Recipe: Milky Way Cake

Milky Way Cake
rec.food.recipes/n4xiu (2001)

Cake
6 Milky Way bars (about 18 oz)
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup pecans (optional)
1 cup shortening
1 3/4 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla

Frosting
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup margarine
1 pound confectioners sugar

CAKE:
Combine Milky Way bars, margarine and pecans in large pan on stove and heat until melted: Let cool. Combine shortening and sugar. Mix well. Stir in eggs and buttermilk. Mix just until thoroughly mixed. Mix flour and soda. Add flour mixture to candy mixture and third mixture, stirring gently.. Bake at 350 for 30 to 45 minutes in four layer cake pans or one 9x13-inch and one 9-inch square pan. (Recipe can be halved to make one 9x13-inch size cake). It's not unusual to require additional baking time.

FROSTING:
(Halve the frosting recipe if making only half the cake.)
Mix well and spread on cool cake. Can use electric mixer or blender on frosting to make it smooth.