K.T.'s Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Cream Filling and Chocolate Ganache #CakeSliceBakers

 December is Free Choice month for the Cake Slice Bakers, and I was having such a hard time deciding that I decided to bake the cake with the longest name - not really. I did have a hard time choosing, but then my daughter needed to bring a dessert to a holiday party, and these cupcakes seemed like the perfect option.


The recipe starts with a simple chocolate cupcake recipe. While the cupcakes are cooking, you make a dark chocolate ganache. The recipe gives instructions for making it on the stove, but I used my microwave. While that cools, you turn your attention to the filling which is basically homemade marshmallow cream flavored with raspberry jam. I didn't have any raspberry jam on hand, but I did have barely used jar of something called BEAR jam - Blackberry, Elderberry, Apple, Raspberry - that we had picked up at a farm stand. While the flavor of the jam had been a bit much for toast, it was perfect for this filling.


To assemble the cupcakes, cut out a divot from the top and pipe in the filling until it's level with the top of the cupcake. At this point, I actually used a small offset spatula to make sure it was even and remove any extra. Then spoon about a tablespoon of the ganache over the top. Let the cupcakes set. Pipe a star of filling on the top, and you're ready to go.


We did find that after a couple of hours, the dollop on top started to melt even if refrigerated, so you might leave it off if you need to store these for any length of time. I had a little bit of both the filling and the ganache left which I mixed together with the cupcake centers and turned into very rough cake balls which disappeared into hungry mouths almost instantly.




Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is The Cake Book: Beautiful Sweet Treats for Every Craving by Rebecca Firth. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!

Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the links below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.

The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends. This group is perfect for those who do not have a blog but want to join in the fun and bake through this book.






It is a new year and a new book - The Cake Book: Beautiful Sweet Treats for Every Craving - and our choices for December 2024 were ~


Lemony Half Pound Cake

Simple Chocolate Cake

Apple Cinnamon Everyday Cake

K.T.'s Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Cream Filling and Chocolate Ganache

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    1. KarenDecember 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM

      Those are super cute. I came very close to choosing this one. Love your cake balls idea for the leftovers.

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