Milky Way Cake
["8 Milky Way candy bars (2.15 oz. each)", "1 c. butter or margarine", "2 c. sugar", "4 large eggs, separated", "1 1/4 c. buttermilk", "1/2 tsp. baking soda", "2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour", "1/2 tsp. salt", "1 c. pecans, chopped", "6 sq. (6 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate"]
["Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.", "Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Melt candy bars and butter, stirring frequently, in a large, heavy pan over low heat.", "Remove from heat and stir in sugar.", "Combine egg yolks, buttermilk and baking soda in a small bowl until blended.", "Combine flour and salt.", "Add to candy mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.", "Stir in pecans.", "In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.", "Fold into batter.", "Pour into prepared pan.", "Bake 1 1/4 hours or until cake is set and pulls away from sides of pan. Unmold and cool completely.", "Melt chocolate in double boiler. Spread over cooled cake.", "Yields 16 servings."]
["Milky", "butter", "sugar", "eggs", "buttermilk", "baking soda", "flour", "salt", "pecans", "semi-sweet chocolate"]