I am going to cut out rounds from a stacked and fillled chocolate sheet cake and was wondering what to do with the "scraps". Any neat ideas anyone?

Thanks

Check out the recipe section for "cake balls". I haven't tried them yet, but they sound YUM!

make cake balls the recipe is on here somewhere. Or let your family eat it.

Sorry, no family to help with this . Sounds Good, I'll get back on this when I find the recipe.

definately try the cake balls. I finally tried them at Christmas and they dissappeared faster than everything else. Just wish I'd tried them sooner

Try this recipe, they are really good.


Cake Bon Bons

Cake Pieces - 10-12 cups
1 Cup Raisins use golden raisins if light colored cakes & coating
1 Cup Shredded Coconut
1 Cup Chopped Pecans, or nuts of your choice
OR 1 Cup Chopped Dates, chopped candied cherries, candied pineapple, chopped dried apricots, dried sweetened cranberries.
1 Can (14oz.) Eagle Brand Sweetened Milk

Use at least 3 of the addition items and the sweetened milk. Place all the cake pieces and the additions in a large mixer bowl. Add as much of the milk as needed to moisten all the cake, almost to a paste consistency.

Portion balls with a scoop or large tablespoon. Let air dry several hours. Then melt your confectionery coating and dip the balls. We found it was easiest to hand dip (use plastic gloves). Have a helper put a small amount of coating in one hand roll the ball in that coating and drop on parchment paper or wax paper to cool and dry.

When dry, the balls can be decorated with butter cream, or before they dry, can be sprinkled with non-pariels or sprinkles.

How about a quick easy dessert for the family? Cut the cake pieces up until small chucks and place them in bowls or wine glasses (for an extra something). You can layer them with pudding and/or fruit (strawberries or cherries or raspberries) and top with whipped topping.

DH and I were hankering for something sweet last night so out I pulled some frozen cake pieces and choc buttercream. Mixed it with some amaretto, choc chips and cocoa to make some cake balls. Very yummy little easy dessert.

I had a 16 inch marble cake that didn't release from the pan properly & came out all crumbled in November. I put it in the freezer because I didn't want to waste the cake & had nothing to do with it right away. Then at Christmas I made it into a pineapple & cherry trifle for dessert & it was a big hit!

I mix the cake pieces with some icing in vanilla ice cream. Makes a great dessert or treat. I keep cake pieces in the freezer to use for triffles, also.

I am going to start using mine for frisbees..lol

Here is a basic receipe for cake balls, athough there are MANY different combinations out there:

Here is Cookieman's recipe...


2 cups crumbled cake scraps
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder (if cake scraps are not chocolate based)
1/4 cup chopped almonnds (or any other nut you like, or mini-chocolate chips, or M&Ms, you get the idea!)
2 generous shots of amaretto (or any other liquer you may like, a good non-alcohol substitution is any flavored coffee creamer)

Put all ingredients in a mixer and mix on medium speed until the ingedients form a ball. If the mixture seems too dry, add a bit more of the liquid used to make it moist enough to form into balls.

I use a tablespoon cookie scoop to make the balls uniform in size. Roll the scooped dough in your hands to form a nice smooth ball. Allow cake balls to set on a parchment lined cookie sheet for a couple of hours, then dip them in chocolate(following) or roll them in confectioners' sugar or cocoa.

Melt 1 lb. of candy melts and add approximately a tablespoons of crisco to make it a bit more smooth. Also, put the container (in my case, a pyrex measuring cup) of melted candy melts in a very hot (I use amost boiling) water bath to keep the chocolate fluid. dip balls into the chocolate using a spoon and a dipping fork (in my case, a plastic fork with the two middle tines cut out) Don't worry if the dipped balls have a "foot" at the base after drying. You can break some off after they have hardened and once they are in the little cake liners, no one will notice. Also, you can decorate the tops with just about anything, sprinkles, candy confetti, chopped nuts, etc. before they dry. Or after they've dried, pipe designs with royal icing or melted candy melts of differnet colors!

I used cookieman's recipe for cake balls on the weekend. I had made the wacky cocoa cake and was not happy with it so rather than throw a 9x13 inch cake in the bin I used it to make the cake balls. I used some for a party and the rest I froze for another time. I made smallish bite sized ones and they were great on the dessert table. I was running out of time so I coated mine with coconut.
Everyone loved them.
Karen

Trifle Pudding
cake scraps layered with pudding, fruit and nuts, chocolate syrup, granola, whipped topping... fast, easy and delicious. and everybody can make their own.

Hi,

I spent like 20 minutes typing a recipe yesterday about what to do with cake scraps. It said that it had been posted but I can't find it now so I will retype it.

It's called Muffin Custard (or flan de magdalena although it's not as custardy as traditional flan)

Ingredients:

3 3/4 cups cake scraps, crumbled
1 small can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup milk
3 large eggs
caramel to coat mold

Directions:

1. Preheat oven for 20 minutes to 400 F
2. While preheating oven, mix the crumbs, condensed milk, milk and eggs in a bowl and stir well
3. Coat a bundt mold with caramel and pour the crumbs milk.
4. Place the mold in a bigger baking dish and pour hot water one inch up the sides of the bundt mold
5. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 F and cook for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean but moist.
5. Cool and refrigerate until ready to serve.

I covered mine with a chocolate ganache but you can eat it as is once it has cooled. It's really yummy!

Inma

oh my gosh that sounds amazing!!!

I make trifles with my cake scraps.
Use the cake scraps for one layer, then fruit such as strawberries or blueberries and then a layer of light whip cream or a flavored yogurt. It makes a great desert.
Richard

I ususally take my cake scraps and any leftover filling and frosting and trifle them. That way you get to decorate your cake and eat it too!

I made cookieman's cake balls the other day & I just have to say OMG!!!! They are soooooooo yummy and rich tasting!!! I don't really care for trifle so I'm so glad I have something I can actually use my cake scraps for now!
Thank you very much for the recipe!!