SINFULLY GOOD A MILLION LAYERS CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE, WITH STRAWB

Steps:

• Chocolate Cake:.
• Cream butter, being careful to keep butter cool.
• Cream butter and sugar at meduim speed for 3 to 5 minutes until light and airy.
• Add eggs one at a time, blending completely.
• add vanilla, beat well.
• Combine all dry ingredients, mix thoroughly.
• Add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to the butter mixture, ending with dry. Mix only to combine.
• Stir in the hot chocolate, batter will be a little runny.
• 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.
• 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.
• The cake will likely be soft, and crumbly. It may drop in the middle a little too, don't worry if this happens.
• Chocolate Mousse Filling:.
• combine melted chocolate (I melt in microwave) with condensed milk.
• Add water and pudding mix, stir until combined.
• Cool for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
• fold in whipped cream, the chocolate mixture will be very thick so this will take a bit of stirring.
• divide in half.
• Make either the strawberry filling or the chocolate filling (unless you'd like both).
• Strawberry Filling:.
• 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.
• Divide in half.
• Chocolate Filling:.
• Combine sugar, flour and salt in a sauce pan over medium heat.
• Gradually add milk.
• Cook and stir until it boils, stirring constantly for one minute.
• Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
• Cool in refrigerator.
• Divide in half.
• Assembly:.
• Crumble the cake and divide into 3 somewhat equal portions.
• line the bottom of a serving bowl with one portion of cake.
• spead with chocolate mousse.
• spread with either strawberry filling or chocolate filling.
• repeat layers (cake, mousse and filling).
• Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries if you would like.