Butterfinger Cake A.K.A. The Cake That Will Spark A Stampede To Your Door
Warning: I think I hit more tangents than usual in this post. Recipe is at the bottom if you wanna skip through the interesting tidbits about my family, negative people, my dish envy, and complaints about my kitchen.
Looking over some of my past posts, I noticed I have a habit of going on and on about how I love everything I post. Thing is though, I DO love everything I post. If I didn’t love it, I wouldn’t share the recipes with you because I want you to love everything I post, too!
Alright, now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, let me start posting about this cake by saying: I LOVE THIS CAKE!!! Furthermore, EVERYONE LOVES THIS CAKE!! Grown men swoon for it, Children polish their halos and change their vocabulary to “mother dear” for it. No cake I have ever had in a restaurant holds a candle to THIS one.
THIS is the ultimate in decadence and….guess what else? EASE! This is the easiest cake on earth to make. Never have you stopped a show with so little effort.
This recipe came from my sister in law, Stacey. Stacey married into our family about ten years ago. We kind of feel sorry for her from time to time, being married into our brood and all, but since she had been a guest at my sleepovers as far back as third grade, she clearly came in with her eyes wide open. She has learned to adapt quite well to the vast quantities of food we turn out everytime someone blinks funny and she has resigned herself to the possibility that being married to a Davis is not conducive to making it back to that size zero bikini. She has also done the one thing that we all must do eventually: learn to cook just like Mama.
Stacey is a GREAT cook. Thing is, she didn’t cook at all for the first half of their marriage (she was a working mom). Once she quit her job to raise the spawn of Bill (my two sweet nephews, but spawn of Bill sounds better), she took up cooking and made up for lost time. Now Stacey makes the best fried apple pies in the state and she frequently spends a day making twenty or so full sized cakes for my brother’s catering jobs.
Still, as good a cook as Stacey is, her shining contribution to our family’s good eatin’ will always be The Butterfinger Cake. Did you hear an angelic choir when I said that? Butterfinger Cake. There it was again!
You will need: Devil’s Food Cake Mix (The cheaper the better, we want a good old coarse cake), Can Sweetened Condensed Milk, Caramel Topping, Cool Whip, Butterfinger Bar
My brother, Bill, took these pics and Stacey made the cake. She has such a large, open, bright and sunny kitchen. Not that I’m jealous or anything. I love my 6×8 dungeonesque walk in closet with appliances. Really, I do. ~Sighs~
Prepare cake according to package directions. When it comes out, poke holes all in it with a fork, just like we did on the Elvis Presley cake. Don’t stop til it looks like a swarm of four toothed mosquitoes attacked!
Dang, I didn’t know Stacey had the Fire King 9×13 dish. Those were issued in 2000 and didn’t stay on the market long. I got a bowl, but never the dish. I really want the dish now. 
Pour entire can of sweetened condensed milk and jar of caramel topping into bowl or glass and stir to combine.
You know, it just kills me when folks come to my blog and expect to find health food. Alright, so far only one person has remarked about it and I am certain he/she really needed a life. Still, for entertainment purposes y’all go look at comments under Pizza Rolls.
You know what negative people need? A BIG OLD BITE of this cake shoved right in their mouth to sweeten them up! When they come up for air, shove another bite in! Hey, come to think of it, if y’all have any negative or grouchy people in your life, you really should make them this cake today. Honestly, surprising them with this cake might just turn them around. It would at the very least cause them to take pause and look at you in a renewed light. Killing folks with kindness really does work. I swear it. I’ve tried it and been successful every single time.
Where was I? Oh yes. While the cake is still hot, pour the caramel/condensed milk all over the top and spread it around evenly. Then let it soak in. Oh my good lord almighty, this is gonna be good.
I had to look at this a minute before I was able to figure out what it was. At first, I thought Stacey had sent me a photograph of a bowl of cereal for some reason.
Sprinkle 3/4 of butterfinger crumbs over cake. Now let it cool a bit. I stick mine in the fridge at this point.
Waiting is really hard because I have got you wanting to eat it real bad at this point, don’t I? Oh just wait, it gets so much better and you have to wait even longer! Oooh, now look whose being negative?
Alright, let me rephrase in a bright and chipper Mary Poppin’s voice “Oh just you wait, although it may still be a while until the cake is ready, the wait will be rewarded with such a delicious delight and you will have earned it through all of your selfless hard work! You’re such a good person for making this!”.
That was better. 
Once it is cooled, top with the whole thing of whipped cream and remaining butterfinger crumbs. Refrigerate. Now, you can eat this now but it really and truly should get good and cold before you do.
Alright so go ahead and eat a bit now if you have to, but just promise me you’ll have another slice once it cools. You may even need to have two or three slices once it is good and cold so you can make sure you are tasting it fully as it would be quite rude to serve something to others which you have not adequately tasted - for their own good, of course.
Butterfinger Cake
1 box devil’s food cake mix 1 bottle caramel topping
1 can Condensed milk 1 large tub cool whip
1 Butterfinger bar
Prepare cake according to package directions. Immediately after removing cake from oven, poke several holes all over the top with a fork. Mix sweetened condensed milk and caramel together, pour over hot cake, spread it over the entire cake. Chill well. After cake has chilled completely, spread cool whip over the top and sprinkle crushed Butterfinger bar on top of cool whip.
Ok let me pick my jaw up off the keyboard and wipe off all the drool!!!!!!!!!! hot dang girl that looks so good. I have to many cakes I need to make. UGH
I can’t say it better than Tina did….. so YUM!!!!
I’m just still picking my jaw up off the floor from the rude “pizza roll” peson. SERIOUSLY….RUDE.
I could go off on a tanget here too…. but I won’t. The WHOLE POINT of pizza rolls is good and EASY. Easy and good!
grrr… okay i said I wouldn’t go on. :~)
The cake…well….. simply looks delish!!
Tina: I so wish I could send you a slice of this. You’d just die! I have a waiting list of cakes I need to make for the blog, so I feel your pain! It’s hard with so many sweets I need to cook and wanting to do them all at once! I try to just do one or two a week and even then that seems to be too much around my house!
Debbie: hehe! I could just hug you! lol
Yeah, my anonymous pizza roll commenter was a hoot. Bless their heart…Some people just weren’t raised right!:D
Y’all better be lucky I am not rich because I’d be chartering a private jet to deliver butterfinger cake to everyone! Oh, and pizza rolls ~winks and grins~
Might as well go all the way!
Christy
I make this exact recipe but with a crushed Heath bar instead of butterfinger and it gets devoured. We call it “Better Than Sex Cake”.
Ooh ooh, Angie! You just reminded me of ANOTHER cake I need to post!!
Isn’t this cake to die for? Sounds like y’all like it as much as we do!
Christy
Mouth Open~~~I cant believe someone left that message..its probably some nasty miserable lonley person locked up alone in their apartment with their 15 cats having nothing else better to do with their time but to pick on a happy foodie!!! Bring on the BUTTER sista!!!
That cake looks so good!! I will be trying it soon!
That cake looks so good!! I will be trying it soon!
Holy Divine Decadence, Batman! That looks amazing!
You know, the anonymous pizza rolls comment was technically correct, I suppose, but what’s the point of Southern cooking if you’re so worried about all that nutrition and the environment stuff? I thought the pizza rolls recipe was brilliant!
And this cake recipe is brilliant too.
I have made this cake on numerous occasions and I am always asked for the recipe. It is really easy to prepare and it travels really well! When I tell them how it’s made, they can’t believe it was that easy. If you have never made this cake before, you don’t know what you are missing. It is fantastic!
Leslie: You are the embodiment of all a southern lady should be! ~hands you a vat of butter~ I just love you!
Holly: I hope you enjoy it! Welcome to Southern Plate and let us know if you give it a try!
Stephanie: Yup, you’re right on all accounts! hehe!!
Man, I want pizza rolls. I think I’ll make them this week!
TheQueenOfCuisine: This is my sister in law and Georgia counterpart, Tina. She KNOWS good food, y’all! See? You just had Christy Jordan and Christina Jordan telling you this is to die for, now you HAVE to make it!!!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
…Have less of an environmental impact? Pizza Rolls?
It musta been the part of the recipe that said to burn down a national forest and pour crude oil on Seagulls while your waiting for the cheese to melt.
Sheesh!
Anyway, this cake looks GREAT!
You have awesome food, Glad I found you!
Bill, I’m glad you found me, too!
Especially since I am still laughing from your comment and just had to call my mother, sister in law, and husband to read it aloud to them!!!!
I hope you have half as good a day as you just set up for me!
Still laughing!
Christy
Yes, this cake is to die for! I’ve had the better than sex cake, but it is basically the same thing…Great recipe!!!
OK I am having a crop on Friday at my house and THIS s what I am making…to be damned the crumbs I am making this Cake!
Pinky sent me here for this recipe!! Love your fun post - I am adding you to my fsvorites! Thanks for sharing the recipe in such an entertaining way!!
OMG! This sounds absolutely sinful! But I’m GOING to make it! I can promise you that.
I made a variation of this about a month ago. It called for german chocolate cake mix instead of devil’s food cake and, I think, four Butterfinger bars!! It was delicious. I messed up though and didn’t put it in the fridge that night, so I had to throw it away. My hips are thanking me for that!
Y’all, I am sorry I’m being on my comments! I’m busy working on apple week and trying to keep up with email and two blogs, and cookbook things and…okay just know that I am sorry I was slow to respond on these!!!
pinky You’re gonna LOVE how easy this is!!!
kira Oooh, that reminds me of our better than *ahem* cake! it’s different from this entirely and I gotta post it!
Just Lisa Welcome to Southern Plate! It’s great to have you here!!! I hope you enjoy this and thank you for reading!
yellow jeep Oh trust me, it IS sinful…you’re gonna love it!!! thank you for reading, as always!!! So great to have you all here!
half redneck Oooh, your version sounds great! I know the bittersweet feeling of leaving it out overnight. I did that with lasagna recently. Although I hated it, on the other hand I would have pigged out all day anyway!
I’ve made this same cake with Heath or Skor bars which are sometimes hard to find, I’m gonna sub Butterfinger…I like them better anyway!
Oh my land sakes a mercy!
I am going to HAVE to make this cake!
THANK YOU!
Just found your blog and had to say Hey! I make that cake only with Heath bars and we call it “Better than Sex Cake” except, of course, when it submitted it to the church recipe book…then the powers that be insisted the name be changed to Heavenly Heath Cake.
Anyway, I am loving looking through the recipes and can’t wait to try some.
Hey y’all! Welcome to Southern Plate!!!
It’s so good to have you here!
I gotta post our “Better than Sex” cake ~looks around and lowers her voice as she says that~
It isn’t anything like this but is so very good, I bet y’all would just love it. I’m gonna add that to my “to do” list!
Christy
I am referring to the above comments about negative people.
I think Paula Deen said it best when she said “Honey, I’m a cook,
not your doctor!”
That cake WILL be on my table by noon on Saturday. Ha!
OH Joan!!! I LOVE IT!!! I have never heard that quote before and you better believe I will be using it now!!!
Thank you!!
Okay, now I am forcing myself to get off the computer……..forcing. See? I’m going…any minute now, about to turn this off…….honest…..
OMG!!! I have GOT to make this cake for my office mates…I will be hailed a hero to one and all!!! And to anyone out there all fired concerned about whether or not this, or any other recipe you post, is healthy or not…well, they wouldn’t know good food if it hit them in the face…but, who would want to waste good food on that!!
Your recipes are beyond awesome!!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Hey Christy,
Just wanted to let you know that I made this cake for a family get together this past weekend and the WHOLE thing was GONE in about 10 minutes!!! Oh Lawdy, almost made me wanna slap my Momma! :o) Thanks for sharing with us.
Our church Christmas play is tomorrow night and this Butterfinger cake always gets devoured! I Googled Butterfinger cake to get the ingredients to e-mail a shopping list to husband and ran across your blog/recipe and really enjoyed reading it and will be sure to check out your other recipes!
Ohmistars… I made this for my family *faint thud*. Thank you for sharing it. You’re a rock star
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