Chocolate Coconut Cake | Bush Cooking

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup processed cocoa powder special dark
• 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 14 oz sweetened shredded coconut
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 sticks salted butter (softened)
• 2/3 cup cream of coconut
• 6 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
• coconut extract (to taste)
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 pound bittersweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 pound semisweet chocolate chips
• 8 small coconut chocolate bars (such as Mounds, Bounty, or Almond Joy)