Peter Paul Mounds Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter, room temperature (2 sticks)
• 5 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled (3 ounces)
• 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) frozen coconut
• 24 large marshmallows
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 unsweetened chocolate squares (2 ounces)
• 16 large marshmallows
• 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• milk

Recipe

• 1 for the cake: preheat oven to 350 degees. grease and flour three 9" cake pans. (or see wax paper liner for cake pans.).
• 2 cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl until very light and fluffy (this could take 5-7 minutes). add the eggs one at a time, making sure to beat well after each addition and scraping sides of bowl. blend in vanilla and chocolate.
• 3 sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. add 1/4 of dry ingredients to creamed mixture then approximately 1/4 of buttermilk alternating remaining ingredients just until mixed. pour batter into prepared cake pans; batter will be thick.
• 4 bake in preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes until pick in center comes otu clean. cool. (mine took 27 minutes.).
• 5 for the filling: in a saucepan cook milk, sugar and marshmallows until melted. add coconut; spread between layers.
• 6 for the chocolate topping: melt together the butter, chocolate and marshmallows. beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. add enough milk to spread. spread over cake.