Baby Ruth Layer Cake
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
(CAKE MIX)
8 Baby Ruth bars, 1.9oz, cutup
4 tablespoons Peanut butter, chunky
6 tablespoons Evaporated milk
2 cups Flour, unsifted
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 cup Butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Buttermilk
(FILLING & TOPPING)
6 Baby Ruth Bars, 1.9 oz., cutup 2 Egg yolks
1 cup Evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Butter
1 cup coconut, flaked
8 tablespoons Peanuts, coarsely chopped
(WHIPPED TOPPING) 1 cup Heavy cream
1 Egg white, stiffly beaten
2 1/2 tablespoons Powdered sugar, sifted
3/4 teaspoons Vanilla Recipe
Combine 8 cut-up Baby Ruth's, peanut butter and 6 tablespoons evaporated milk in top of a double boiler: heat and stir untill melted and blended. Cool. Combine flour, baking soda and baking powder in a bowl: mix well. Cream butter and sugar thoroughly: add well beaten eggs and beat untill light and fluffy. Blend in the cooled candy bar mix and1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, blending on low speed after each addition, only untill blended.Pour into 2 buttered and floured 9" round layer pans and bake in preheated 350-F oven for about 30 minutes. Cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes. Turn out and finish cooling on rack. BABY RUTH FILLING & TOPPING: Melt candy bars in top of double boiler. Combine egg yolks, evaporated milk, sugar and butter in a saucepan; cook and stir untill thickened, over medium heat, about ten minutes. Remove from heat and blend in melted candy bars, coconut and peanuts. Cool, then beat vigorously with wooden spoon.
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