Cake Balls Recipe
How to make Cake balls. These bite-sized balls are made of crumbled cake mixed with cream cheese frosting and covered with a white and dark chocolate coating.
Published: December 30, 2021 · Modified: May 20, 2024 by Jennifer Ryan
Chocolate Cake Balls
Equipment
- Baking sheet x2
Ingredients
- 420 g Lemon cake or your preferred flavor
- 210 g Cream cheese
- 105 g Icing sugar
- 300 g White chocolate
- 150 g Dark chocolate
Instructions
How to make cake balls using leftover cake
- First thing to do is line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set them to one side.
- Then grab yourself a large mixing bowl and turn your lemon cake into crumbs by gently rubbing the cake between your fingertips.420 g Lemon cake
- In a second mixing bowl, cream the cream cheese and icing sugar together until it is a smooth and creamy texture.210 g Cream cheese, 105 g Icing sugar
- Now mix the cream cheese frosting in with the cake crumbs until you have a big sticky dough.
- Next using your hands roll small amounts of cake mixture into round balls and place onto your parchment paper. Then place the cake balls into the freezer for about an hour or so.
- Grab yourself a glass Pyrex bowl, break your white chocolate or candy melts into chunks and melt over a pan of simmering water.300 g White chocolate
- Once melted remove from the heat, coat each cake ball with the melted chocolate by dipping it into the chocolate. Remove the balls from the bowl with a fork.
- Place your chocolate covered bites onto your parchment paper to set.
- Now in a second glass Pyrex bowl, break your dark chocolate into chunks and melt it over a pan of simmering water the same way.150 g Dark chocolate
- Once the chocolate has melted leave to cool slightly for a couple of minutes then place the chocolate into a piping bag, then slowly drizzle the chocolate back and forth over the coated white chocolate cake truffles.
- That’s it your cake truffles are complete. Place them in the fridge in an airtight container until your ready to serve.
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Cake balls or “cake truffles” are super simple to make and are brilliant for special occasions. Cake truffles make the perfect gift for family and friends. It’s an easy cake pop recipe that’s a little different from most as I use cream cheese to blend all the ingredients together. Making the balls without frosting gives your cake bites a little extra flavor stopping them from being overpoweringly sweet.
What is a cake Ball?
Recipes for cake balls are just like cake pops but without the stick. They are made by mixing cake frosting and cake crumbs together and molded into small ball’s about the size of a truffle. Then lastly they are dunked into melted chocolate or candy melts to form a perfect chocolate coating. You can choose to decorate your cake truffles further by adding a different chocolate drizzle or even add a few sprinkles or funfetti.
Best candy melts for Cake Pops
If your search was to find “Cake pops near me” but got no luck as many of us do. You’ll need to get baking and make this cake recipe, and for that you’ll want to use the best candy melts to get that luxury artisan taste. Here is a selection of the most popular candy melts available for fast delivery online from Amazon.
How long are cake truffles good for?
You make cake truffles with cream cheese and fresh cake crumbs so they will only last for about 5-7 days stored in an airtight container in your fridge. You can also freeze the cake balls for 1-2 months, just be sure to take them out of the freezer at least 12 hours before serving to fully defrost.
Do cake truffles have to be refrigerated?
Yes cake ball truffles need to be stored in the refrigerator, as their made with cream cheese frosting. Take them out of the refrigerator an hour or two before serving, this will allow your chocolate cakes to come down to room temperature.
How to dip cake balls
The best way to coat your cake truffles in chocolate is to drop each ball one at a time into a bowl of melted chocolate. To retrieve the coated cake ball use a fork or a candy dipping tool and raise them out of the chocolate. Leave it drip off any excess chocolate for a few seconds before placing it onto a lined baking sheet to fully harden.
If you looking for more homemade candy ideas why not take a look at these beautiful white chocolate and lemon hearts, or you may want to try your hand at the trending Dalgona candy that everyone has been talking about.
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