cake bites are still ahead ........
wait a second have the numbers even changed? ![]()
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I forgot who came up with the recipe so I can't credit them
but here's the recipe!
Cake Balls
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!
Joe
p.s. My vote is for cake bites or cake nibbles ![]()
Cake bites has my vote.
Personally I called them "cake dangles". At a family gathering they assumed it was for them hanging over the chocolate when I covered them. I couldn't tell them what they were actually called. I knew where their minds would go in a group of cattle/farm owners.
I know it's not apart of the poll but "diet suicide pills" was the other one I used. ohhhhhh they are sooooo rich and will kill any diet in one bite.
I made some for the first time this weekend - BIG hit, and nice use for the 'scraps'. Though I must admit my dipping was not pretty !
I join mikaza - I like Cake Bon-Bons!
THANK YOU for doing this! I made my first Cake Whatevers last week and everytime DH ate one he snickered. Also, that tells you how good these are. DH is a pretty diehard Atkins guy. But he'll make an exception for Cake ______s.
Woohoo, my first pick in the other long thread was Cake Bites. I like that one!
~Josie
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