Sinfully Good A Million Layers Chocolate Layer Cake, With Strawb

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup unsalted butter, room templ
• 3 eggs
• 2 ounces chocolate pudding mix, 1/2 of a 4 oz box
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup cocoa
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup hot cocoa, boiling hot
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 2 ounces unsweetened bakers chocolate, melted
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 ounces chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped stiff
• 6 cups strawberries, chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons strawberry extract
• 3 ounces strawberry jell-o gelatin dessert
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• strawberry
• whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 chocolate cake:.
• 2 cream butter, being careful to keep butter cool.
• 3 cream butter and sugar at meduim speed for 3 to 5 minutes until light and airy.
• 4 add eggs one at a time, blending completely.
• 5 add vanilla, beat well.
• 6 combine all dry ingredients, mix thoroughly.
• 7 add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to the butter mixture, ending with dry. mix only to combine.
• 8 stir in the hot chocolate, batter will be a little runny.
• 9 bake in 13 x 9 baking pan until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. about 35 to 40 minutes. you can also use 2 9 x 5 bread pans or 2 9 inch cake pans. grease and flour whatever pan you use.
• 10 cool cake for 10 minutes in pan, and then on wire rack. i cool the cakes in the frige while making all the fillings and frostings.
• 11 the cake will likely be soft, and crumbly. it may drop in the middle a little too, don't worry if this happens.
• 12 chocolate mousse filling:.
• 13 combine melted chocolate (i melt in microwave) with condensed milk.
• 14 add water and pudding mix, stir until combined.
• 15 cool for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
• 16 fold in whipped cream, the chocolate mixture will be very thick so this will take a bit of stirring.
• 17 divide in half.
• 18 make either the strawberry filling or the chocolate filling (unless you'd like both).
• 19 strawberry filling:.
• 20 combine all ingredients in a sauce pan. heat and stir constantly until everything is dissolved and it begins to thicken. bring to boil while stirring for an additional 3 to 5 minutes. it will thicken more in the refrigerator. cool in refrigerator.
• 21 divide in half.
• 22 chocolate filling:.
• 23 combine sugar, flour and salt in a sauce pan over medium heat.
• 24 gradually add milk.
• 25 cook and stir until it boils, stirring constantly for one minute.
• 26 remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
• 27 cool in refrigerator.
• 28 divide in half.
• 29 assembly:.
• 30 crumble the cake and divide into 3 somewhat equal portions.
• 31 line the bottom of a serving bowl with one portion of cake.
• 32 spead with chocolate mousse.
• 33 spread with either strawberry filling or chocolate filling.
• 34 repeat layers (cake, mousse and filling).
• 35 garnish with whipped cream and strawberries if you would like.