This is my first post and let me first say this is the most wonderful website! I am completely hooked and check it at least 2 or 3 times a day! I am fairly new to decorating - took all 3 of the Wilton courses and am just starting to do cakes for friends and family.
Anyway, I am wondering what exactly are cake balls? I have seen them mentioned a few times and are curious about them, since I have never heard of them before. Hope this isn't too silly! Thanks!
Here's a recipe that is really good! Welcome to the site!!! I too have taken all three Wilton Courses in the Spring and am having such fun....I've learned so much here at this site.
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
welcome! i too have to check the site at least once a day! love absorbing all the info i can get!
to answer your question cake balls are one way to deal with your 'scraps' after trimming the cake, etc. you can find a ton of posts if you search for 'cake balls'...just go to the top of the page here below Forums title, click on search, and type in cake balls. there are a bunch of different recipies but basically you mix your scraps up with some kind of binding agent - syrups, BC, etc, and make them into balls. then they get dipped into some sort of coating, and maybe even get nuts or sprinkles etc after that.
Here is another thread that explains what they are and has a few recipes also.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-5415.html
Hope this helps!
Hi there!
This is my favorite cake ball recipe. It is my favorite, becasue it is quick and easy.
Basically you take the cake scraps from any cake (you can mix different scraps together too). Then you use any leftover buttercream icing that yuo have to bind it all together. You don't need very much icing, just enough to hold it all together. Then you shape into bite-size balls, cover with plastic wrap, and freeze. Once frozen, dip into the melted chocolate of your choice. Then sprinkle with sprinkles, nuts, etc.
Sooooo yummy! Also, it's a great use for your leftovers!
Brandi
Cookiemans recipe is my favorite too! I have used different flavors of coffee creamers for the liquid with great success. Next one I try is Irish Cream. I use the choc chips in them too.. Never too much chocolate!!! 
Thank you all for your replies! I will definitely have to try making them - providing that is I can keep my husband from eating all the leftovers!
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