Peter Paul Mounds Cake

• Cake
• 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
• Coconut Filling
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) frozen coconut
• 24 large marshmallows
• Chocolate Topping
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 unsweetened chocolate squares (2 ounces)
• 16 large marshmallows
• 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• milk

1. For the Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degees. Grease and flour three 9" cake pans. (Or see recipe #452719.).
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.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peter-paul-mounds-cake-496705 (may not work)