Candy Cake

What's your family tradition when it comes to dessert? Most holidays, there is the pie of choice. I wanted to do something different, especially with Easter focusing on all those candy treats from the Easter Bunny. This candy cake is easily customized to your taste preference. Use some Cadbury Mini Eggs, or MnMs or even Reeses. Perhaps you'll do a combination!  Nevertheless, you now can have your cake with candy too!

Candy Cake

Ingredients:
3 1/2 c. flour             1 tbsp. baking powder            1/2 tsp. salt           2 sticks unsalted butter 2 c. finely chopped candies (snickers, almond joy, reeses, etc.)         1 1/2 c. sugar
4 large eggs, separated  2 tsp. vanilla extract         1 1/4 c. milk         1/4 tsp. cream of tartar

Icing:          4 1/2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped           1/2 c. heavy cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Butter and flour a nonstick Bundt pan.
3. Sift 3 c. flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
4. In a separate bowl, toss candies with remaining 1/2 c. flour.
5. Using an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat butter and sugar until light (3 minutes).
6. Add yolks, one at a time.
7. Beat in vanilla.
8. Beat in a 1/3 of flour mixture, followed by 1/2 of milk.
9. Repeat, ending with flour mixture - do not overmix.
10. In a clean, dry bowl using dry beaters, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
11. Stir candies and 1/3 of egg whites into batter.
12. Fold in remaining whites.
13. Spoon into bundt pan.
14. Bake until toothpick comes out clean (50-60 minutes).
15. Let cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold cake.
16. Icing: Place chocolate in a bowl.
17. Warm cream in a pan over medium heat until just boiling.
18. Pour over chocolate and let stand for 1 minute.
19. Whisk until smooth.
20. Let cool slightly, then pour over cake, allowing excess to drip over sides.

Make sure you are stocked up on your breakfast supplies. I'll be offering up a pancake recipe tomorrow morning that you won't want to miss. It could become your new Easter tradition! (Hint: have ingredients normally a part of a pancake recipe plus bacon and cheese) As always have fun!