Snickers? Cake II

This cake is excellent with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!

Snickers? Cake II

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 16 fun size bars Snickers ? candy 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup water 2 cups white sugar 2 tablespoons peanut butter 3 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/4 cups buttermilk

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour two 9 inch square cake pans.

2 In the top of a double boiler, combine the cut up Snickers ? candy bars, water, and peanut butter. Heat and a stir until well melted and blended. Set mixture aside to cool.

3 Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

4 Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks are formed. Set aside.

5 In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine thoroughly. Gradually add the sugar and beat in the 4 unbeaten egg yolks, vanilla, and cooled candy bar mixture. Mix until smooth and add 1/4 cup of the buttermilk. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with the remaining 1 cup of buttermilk, mix only until just blended. Gently fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pans.

6 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Let cakes cool in pans for 5 minutes then turn out onto a cake rack to finish cooling. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.