Raffaelo Chocolate Cake

I made this cake as something like a
belated
birthday cake for
Dan since I know how much he loves Raffaellos. The cake consists of a basic chocolate - coconut cake topped with a white creme that tastes pretty much exactly like the filling in Raffaellos. It is a pretty heavy cake but really good....especially if you like coconut :-)

For further reference: I would probably substitute the coconut flakes with slivered almonds as a topping!

Ingredients:

For the cake:

4 eggs
125 g sugar
125 g butter
125 g coconut flakes
125 g flour
1/2 package of baking powder
100 ml milk
25 g cocoa powder

For the creme:

200 g white chocolate
200 g cream cheese
200 g whipping cream

Garnish:

Coconut flakes, Raffaellos


Process:

Beat eggs and sugar together. Mix flour, coconut flakes, cocoa powder, and baking powder together. Mix butter (softened) and milk together. Gradually mix all three mixtures together.

Butter a cake form and fill batter into that form. Bake at 180° for about 30-35 minutes. Let cake cool on a rack.

Melt butter using the double-boiler method. Once the chocolate is melted mix in the cream cheese. Set aside to cool. Once the creme is cold, beat whipping cream and gradually mix it with the chocolate-cream cheese micture.

Slather the creme on the cake and top with coconut flakes and Raffaellos.