That Old Black Magic Cake

That Old Black Magic Cake
Prep time: 25 minutes plus cooling. Cook time: about 1 1/2 hours.

1 cup butter or margarine, cut up
3/4 cup Hershey's*chocolate syrup
8 (2.05 ounce) chocolate-covered caramel-and- nougat bars (Milky Way), cut up
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
GLAZE RECIPE AT END

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Grease 12-cup Bundt pan.

In 4-quart microwave-safe bowl, combine butter, syrup, and nougat bars. Heat 5 to 5 1/2 minutes on medium (50% power), whisking once. Whisk until smooth.

Whisk in sugar, then buttermilk, vanilla extract and eggs. Stir in the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda.
Pour batter into pan.

Bake 1 hour 30 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.  Loosen cake from pan; invert onto rack to cool.

Cover with chocolate glaze made by mixing 1/2 cup chocolate syrup mixed with powdered sugar until thickened to glaze thickness.