Beáutiful Mounds Láyer Cáke

I hád enlightenment áround thát time when I wás rubbing pástry dough from the mixing bowl while my 13 lb báby wás breástfeeding when I wore it in á sling.

Máybe it's á good thing thát you didn't stop right áwáy. I will not ánswer the door, you will heár the báby fuss ánd know I ám át home ánd ignore you, ánd thát will áll be weird.

This cáke is my lunch todáy, so I cán tell you with confidence thát it's delicious.

Rich, dárk chocoláte chocoláte cáke, coconut contents (like the middle of bár Mounds), creámy coconut buttercreám, ánd á dárk láyer of dárk brown gánáche.
I reálly like the cáke by pouring gánáche on it - if you áre not very good át cákes but wánt something thát looks good, this is reálly the best wáy. It covers every imperfection in your frosting ánd drips pretty distráct the eyes. Plus, á little chocoláte hás never been á bád thing.

Beáutiful Mounds Láyer Cáke

Máteriál

Cáke:

• 2 cups of sugár
• 1 cup Dutch Process Cocoá Powder (I use Hershey's Speciál Dárk)
• 1 3/4 cup of flour
• 1 1/2 tsp báking powder
• 1 1/2 teáspoons of báking sodá
• 1 tsp sált
• 2 big eggs
• 1/2 cup of vegetáble oil
• 1 cup of buttermilk
• 3/4 cup boiling wáter

Fill in:

• 14 oz sweet bág, gráted coconut
• 1 get sweetened condensed milk

Freezes:

• 1 cup (2 sticks) of sálted butter, slightly softened
• 1/3 cup of coconut creám (I bought this with á squeeze bottle with á drink mixer)
• 1/4 cup of thick creám
• 3 cups of sugár powder

Gánáche:

• 1/2 cup of sweet chocoláte cándy
• 1/2 cup of thick creám
• 1/4 cup of light corn syrup (you cán use honey if you áre ágáinst corn syrup)

Instructions

1. Preheát the oven to 350. Three rounds of pán (9) inches of lubricánt ánd flour. If you only háve two páns, just fill one pán á little more thán the other. You will divide the higher cáke into two.
2. Báke your cáke: In your mixer bowl, combine sugár, chocoláte powder, flour, báking sodá, báking powder, ánd sált. ádd the eggs, oil, ánd buttermilk ánd sháke át medium speed for two minutes. Rub the side of the bowl ánd stir with boiling wáter. Divide the mixture into á báking dish (the mixture will be thin) ánd báke for 30 minutes or until the top of the spring returns until it is slightly touched. Let the cáke cool in the pán for ábout 5 minutes, then tránsfer it to the cooling ráck to cool it down completely.
3. Prepáre filling: In á lárge bowl, mix coconut ánd sweetened condensed milk. Chill until it's reády to use.
4. Prepáre gánáche: In á sáfe microwáve bowl, combine chocoláte chips ánd heávy creám. Microwáve for 2 minutes, stop every 30 seconds to stir until smooth. ádd the corn syrup ánd cool it to cool ánd thick.
5. Prepáre frosting: In your mixer bowl, beát the butter, coconut creám ánd thick creám with medium to smooth speed. With the mixer set át low, slowly ádd powdered sugár. áfter the powder sugár is bárely mixed, increáse the speed to high ánd sháke for one minute until it expánds.
6. ássemble the cáke: Spreád the contents of the coconut between 3 láyers (if you only máke 2 cákes, cut one in two). Dew with coconut frosting, ánd spoon the gánáche up to the edge of the cáke, letting it drip to the side. Decoráte with á spoon filling the coconut if desired.

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