Milky Way Frosting ~ Recipe

This cake right here! This is one of my favorite cakes. So much chocolate!!!

I first tried this cake in Mexico a few years ago and I fell in love with it. The key to this cake is the frosting; it has a delicious layer of cream cheese frosting and a layer of milky way frosting. It is absolutely divine.

After I moved to the US, I knew I had to figure out how to make this frosting because I needed to have some of this awesome cake. I finally found a very basic recipe for it that only had ingredients but didn't have the directions on how to make it. At first, my frosting was all melted and wouldn't even stay on the cake! The taste was spot on, but the consistency was off. So after a bit of trial and error I found out how to get the right consistency.

The cake itself is a basic chocolate cake. I've used this frosting with chocolate cake from scratch, a doctored box mix and even just a mix straight from the box. Use any chocolate cake recipe you like best! I like to use a bundt cake pan because this recipe is just the right amount to cover it. 

There are two different parts to this frosting,

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1/2 can of condensed milk

1 cream cheese bar, softened (8 oz)

Directions:

Place the condensed milk and the cream cheese in a bowl and mix on medium until smooth.

Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Milky Way Frosting:

1 unsalted butter stick

2 regular size Milky Way bars

1/2 can of condensed milk

2 tablespoons of Natural Cocoa

Directions:

Place butter and milky way bars in a microwave safe bowl and melt in 30 second intervals.

Add the condensed milk and the cocoa and mix on medium speed until smooth (it will have a few specs of nougat)

Cover and place in the refrigerator.

When you are ready to use it, remove from the refrigerator and let it stand for a few minutes on the counter top to come to room temperature.

Putting it all together:

Once the cake is completely cool, frost it using the cream cheese mixture first, then, frost it with the milky way mixture. Use a spatula to mix them just enough to see both colors.

Decorate with pieces of Milky Way candy bars or chopped pecans!

Enjoy!

Notes: keep the covered cake in the refrigerator to prevent the cream cheese from going bad, but let it sit to room temperature for a little while before serving.