Birthday Bliss

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Birthday Bliss!  I pulled this recipe from Trisha Yearwood's recipe book, "Oklahoma Cooking from a Georgia Kitchen", and let me tell you, it was pretty fantastic.  It may actually be the best chocolate cake I've ever made.  I think it replaced the chocolate cake with raspberry filling and chocolate butter cream frosting which was the reining champion.  I made it for Art's birthday.... I must admit, I didn't think that I would love it because I don't love coconut, but there's also chopped pecans in the frosting, and that helped downplay the coconut.  It was definitely a hit in our home!