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To make cake (if you want to buy a pre-made a 9-inch yellow round cake, you can omit steps 1-6) Preheat oven to 375-degrees F.
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Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
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Mix all ingredients (flour-eggs) at low speed until combined, then mix at high speed for 2 minutes at high speed.
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Pour in pan.
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Bake for 25 minutes or until done.
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Cool on rack for at 10 minutes before removing from pan.
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Let cool while making custard filling and chocolate glaze.
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To make filling: Stir all filling ingredients except vanilla (milk-egg yolks) in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-low heat.
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Cook until filling thickens and boils (20 minutes).
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Boil one minute then stir in vanilla.
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Remove from heat.
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Refrigerate 30 minutes--cool but not completely set.
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Make glaze while filling is cooling.
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To make glaze: Melt chocolate and butter over low heat (or heat in microvave).
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Remove from heat.
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Beat in sugar an milk with whisk until smooth.
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To assemble cake: Split cut in half horizontally (you now have two thin 9-inch layers).
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Place one layer cut side up on plate.
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Cover with custard filling.
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Place second layer (cut side down) over filling.
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Coat top of cake with chocolate glaze.
