what fillings for Chocolate cake? HELP!!

[vampbaby]

I'm making Birthday cake for my 8 year old nephew. Big party with kids and adults. I've made mud chocolate cake and now thinking what to fill in before I put fondant on top. I thought whipped cream and rasberry jam for the filling and for the top chocolate ganache and then put the fondant on top. What do you think? Or I could just put chocolate ganche fillings and top all around...(maybe too chocolatey..??)..or just put whipped cream for filling and jam the outside before putting fondant without chocolate ganache...

[dizzydixies]

good grief you're thinking about it all too much

which would YOU prefer if presented with the cake?!?

[janeite]

Personally I don't like jam in a chocolate cake and wpuld prefer ganache all round. Otherwise though, whipped cream and strawberries is nice in chocolate cake.

[vampbaby]

ehhhhh...I know I'm going a bit mad. You see it's a cowboy cake so I'm worried about cutting shape of the cake and everything. So there is too much to worry about.
I JUST DON'T KNOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[vampbaby]

I am feeling like your name dizzys..I must sit and drink some water and breathe for a change

[dizzydixies]

lol

it sounds like you've gone to a whole lot of effort for which I am SURE they'll be delighted!

in my eyes you can never be TOO chocolatey with a chocolate cake and I'd chuck the ganache all over the place

what a lovely auntie you are I hope he enjoys his birthday

[vampbaby]

He better enjoy his birthday cake or I will eat it all !!

[Jazzicatz]

Raspberry or strawberry and cream is very nice in a chocolate cake

[lilolilmanchester]

nutella

[tassisssss]

I'd either do strawberries and cream or ganache all round

[ComeOVeneer]

Bear in mind that cream won't last very long out of the fridge, and fondant can't be refridgerated. Advantage of choc ganache is you can fill and crumbe coat with it and it sets nice and firm for the fonadant to sit on. If the cake is heavy and filled with cream, the cream can ooze out creating bulges beneath the fondat.

[ComeOVeneer]

Or perhaps a caramel or esspresso swiss buttercream (again can be filled and crumb coated).