My daughter has requested a 3d boot cake with a chocolate Raspberry Cake. I am thinking of a deep, fudgy chocolate cake and then a chocolate raspberry frosting/filling, all covered in fondant of course. I have been reading through posts and getting lost on different chocolate raspberry frostings. I know I don't want to use any frosting with powdered sugar in it, because she DETESTS powdered sugar. I have never made a Chocolate SMBC before so I don't know how easy that is, but I am willing to try. And of course we love a good whipped ganache.

What is your favorite way to make a rich chocolate raspberry frosting? And would you add raspberry to the cake, too, or just the frosting? This is for about 30 teenagers.

Thanks,
Kathi

SMBC with bittersweet chocolate is awesome. I'd add a filling of raspberry preserves and call it done. Will be really yummy.

Ah, forgot about the boot part! Raspberry preserves + SMBC = raspberry SMBC. Then you should have no worries. Just get something low sugar so it's not too sweet. Or, plan b could be alternating chocolate SMBC with the preserves but use ganache on the outside. It sets hard so no shifting or sliding.

That was my thought...

Chocolate cake, Raspberry SMBC filling, ganach for the outside.

YUM!

What is the best way to cover a cake just with ganache? Does it have to be whipped. I would much rather cover cakes in white or dark chocolate rather than fondant. thanks