Milky Way Cake

This is one of the cakes that Julia bakes in The Girl Who Chased the Moon.

Cake:
8 regular size Milky Way candy bar
2 sticks butter
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2,5 cup flour
1,25 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped pecans

Cream sugar and one stick of butter together. Addeggs, baking soda, flour and buttermilk.
Melt candy bars in the other stick of butter.
Add the melted candy mixture and pecans to the batter.
Pour the batter in a greased pan. Bake the cake at 325 degrees Farenheit for 30-40 minutes.
Cool for 5 minutes and remove form the pan, and cool on racks.


Icing:
2,5 cup sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
1 stick butter
1 6 oz bag of chocolate chips
1 cup marshmallow creme

Mix over low heat. Combine sugar and milk. Cook until it reaches a soft ball stage. Add other ingredients. Stir until chocolate chips melt, then remove from heat. Beat until cool.