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Saturday Sweetly: Butterfinger Cake

Last week was my Dad's birthday, and unfortunately I did not get  out a blog post on Monday like normal. I do have a nice detailed post about his birthday weekend for this Monday however. First, though, I thought I would share the recipe for the birthday cake we fixed Dad. We have the tradition of picking our favorite dessert as our "birthday cake," so we can pick from pies, cakes, cookies or more. This time, though, Dad went traditional and chose this for his birthday cake:
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Now, this is one of my personal favorites because I love chocolate and I love butterfingers. So, this cake wraps up what I love in food into one convenient 9x13 pan. To begin this recipe, you need to know to make this the day before you want to
eat it. The topping has to sit on the cake and soak in a while. Now, first things first, here are the ingredients needed for this recipe.

  • 1 Devil's food cake mix
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 jar (12.25 ounces) caramel topping
  • 1 can (14 ounces) condensed milk
  • 1 block (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 container (8 ounces) cool whip
  • 8 ounces crushed butterfingers, divided
Then, the first step is to make devil's food cake by following the instructions on the cake box.
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 Once that is baking in the oven, you will want to make the caramel topping. 
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 Let that sit until the cake is done. Next, chop up 4 ounces of butterfingers into bite sized chunks. (The original recipe says crushed, but from the first picture you can tell we basically cut them into bite sized pieces.) When you pull the cake out of the oven, give the syrup one last stir, and then do this.
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Now, sprinkle 4oz. of the butterfingers over that.  Now the cake is done...for today.  Stick it in the fridge overnight.
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The last step is to prepare the "icing" basically. This is made of the cream cheese and cool whip. 
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Sprinkle the last 4 ounces of chopped butterfingers to the top. If you do this early, they will get damp from the cool whip mixture. 
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 Voila! Delicious cake, and simple too. Have you ever had a cake with candy bars in it? Tell me about it through Facebook, or the comment section below.

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