Okay, I am trying to branch out to more "elegant" desert/cakes and I'm really still a novice. Gimme a cake to decorate I'm okay, anything fancy, forget it. So, I made this Chocolate raspberry mouse cake. Since springform pans and I don't agree, mine did not come out looking as nice as the picture in the magazine with the recipe (isn't that the way it always is?). The recipe only called for a chocolate cookie crumb crust on the bottom, but I think it would be yummy (not to mention hide my mess) to put the chocolate cookie crumbs on the side of the cake. How the heck do I do that? 
I thought about throwing them at the cake, but that may take awhile and make a huge mess! 
So how do the professionals get those great cookie crumbs on the side? Oh, and here is a pic of my "mess". Chocolate cookie crumb crust, thin layer of raspberry preserves, whipped ganache flavored with raspberry syrup, whipped cream flavored with raspberry syrup and a ganache top. (Oh, I guess I am bothered too, the the whipped cream portion does not stiffen up like the ganache--that will make for messy cutting. 
) I also thought a chocolate collar would be good, but I really want to know how to put that crumb coat on the sides. Thanks for your help!
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