Improbable Fiesta Cake

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Warmth oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms and aspects of two 9-shuffle round cake pans; lightly flour. In medium bowl, mix flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, the baking soda and salt; role apart.

2

In gigantic bowl, beat brown sugar and butter with electrical mixer on medium tempo unless fluffy. Add eggs, one after the other, beating smartly after each addition. Beat on excessive tempo unless light and fluffy. Beat in 1 tablespoon liqueur and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat flour mixture and bitter cream alternately into sugar mixture on low tempo factual unless blended. Race in boiling water unless blended. Pour into pans.

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Bake 30 to 35 minutes or unless toothpick inserted in center comes out tidy. Cool 10 minutes; eradicate remote from pans to cooling racks. Cool fully.

4

In meals processor, space chocolate chips; quilt and course of unless finely ground. In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/3 cup of the 1 1/3 cups whipping cream and the granulated sugar over medium heat, stirring repeatedly, unless sugar is dissolved and mixture is boiling. With meals processor working, pour sizzling whipping cream through feed tube; course of 10 to twenty seconds or unless chocolate is fully melted. Spot down aspects of bowl. Add 1/2 cup liqueur, the oil and 1 tablespoon vanilla through feed tube; course of 10 to twenty seconds or unless creamy. Pour into gigantic bowl; icy about 5 minutes or unless room temperature.

5

In chilled gigantic bowl, beat final 1 cup whipping cream with electrical mixer on excessive tempo factual unless snug peeks impact. Gently move whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Duvet and refrigerate 30 minutes.

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In any other chilled gigantic bowl, beat all frosting substances other than chocolate leaves with electrical mixer on excessive tempo unless stiff.

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Gash up each cake horizontally to fabricate 2 layers. Design 1 layer on serving plate; unfold with one-third of the mousse. Repeat with final layers. Frost aspect and top of cake with frosting. Garnish with chocolate leaves. Duvet and refrigerate no lower than 2 hours however now no longer than 24 hours earlier than serving. Retailer in refrigerator.