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Chocolate Cake:.
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Cream butter, being careful to keep butter cool.
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Cream butter and sugar at meduim speed for 3 to 5 minutes until light and airy.
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Add eggs one at a time, blending completely.
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add vanilla, beat well.
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Combine all dry ingredients, mix thoroughly.
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Add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to the butter mixture, ending with dry.
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Mix only to combine.
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Stir in the hot chocolate, batter will be a little runny.
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Bake in 13 x 9 baking pan until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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About 35 to 40 minutes.
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You can also use 2 9 x 5 bread pans or 2 9 inch cake pans.
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Grease and Flour whatever pan you use.
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Cool cake for 10 minutes in pan, and then on wire rack.
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I cool the cakes in the frige while making all the fillings and frostings.
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The cake will likely be soft, and crumbly.
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It may drop in the middle a little too, don't worry if this happens.
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Chocolate Mousse Filling:.
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combine melted chocolate (I melt in microwave) with condensed milk.
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Add water and pudding mix, stir until combined.
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Cool for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
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fold in whipped cream, the chocolate mixture will be very thick so this will take a bit of stirring.
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divide in half.
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Make either the strawberry filling or the chocolate filling (unless you'd like both).
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Strawberry Filling:.
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Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan.
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Heat and stir constantly until everything is dissolved and it begins to thicken.
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Bring to boil while stirring for an additional 3 to 5 minutes.
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It will thicken more in the refrigerator.
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Cool in refrigerator.
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Divide in half.
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Chocolate Filling:.
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Combine sugar, flour and salt in a sauce pan over medium heat.
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Gradually add milk.
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Cook and stir until it boils, stirring constantly for one minute.
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Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
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Cool in refrigerator.
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Divide in half.
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Assembly:.
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Crumble the cake and divide into 3 somewhat equal portions.
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line the bottom of a serving bowl with one portion of cake.
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spead with chocolate mousse.
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spread with either strawberry filling or chocolate filling.
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repeat layers (cake, mousse and filling).
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Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries if you would like.
