Vegan chocolate layer cake with chili and coconut

I remember the first time I ever tried chili in chocolate.

A couple years ago, I attended a soccer tournament all the way up in Vermont with my club team, in a cute little town right on Lake Champlain. The games were about a half hour away, yes, with stretches of farmland and plenty of cows for me to shout “MOOO!” at out the car window along the way (don’t ask), but we spent our nights at a hotel near a small downtown area with lots of cute little shops and restaurants.