Milky Way Cake

Milky Way Cake

4 Milky Way candy bar, (2.1 oz)
1/2 pound butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Melt Milky Ways and 8 T butter in double boiler. Let cool. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream remaining butter with sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add buttermilk alternately with flour and soda. Add vanilla and Milky Way mixture and mix until smooth. Fold in pecans. Pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake 1 hour, or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan, then turn out on wire cake rack.