I tried using Rice Krispies in one batch. They didn't seem to keep the crisp crunch and went kinda soggy. Anyone else have good luck?
Here are the combinations I make. Remember to always add your liquid last. I try to get it to a firm yet creamy texture, like a dough. They should be able to keep their shape.
Great thread! I too have wanted to try these for so long. Guess I better get a move on. My scraps are drying out!
Great thread! I too have wanted to try these for so long. Guess I better get a move on. My scraps are drying out!
If you are not wanting to use your scraps right away, seal them up in a large freezer bag, taking all of the air out, and store in the freezer until ready to use......they stay fresh for a long time.....you should see my freezer....it is full of bags!!!!!
I made my first batch of cake balls last week. I was clueless to what liquid to try. Someone had given my DH a quart jar of homemade blackberry brandy last year that we have never drank only tried. So...my cake balls rocked. My DH can't wait for more. he asks everyday when he comes in from work if Ive made some.
Liquors work fine. I used rum in my last set of balls. My DH hates raw dough...cookie dough or cake batter is a wierd thing to him...but he loves the cake balls. He ate my entire last batch by himself.
In the s'mores version, why not add graham crackers? Seems almost essential..
Gosh, it looks like I better be making some cake balls very soon! These all sound so yummy!
An idea for the s'mores...since one of the big things for them is graham cracker - how about rolling them in ground graham crackers before the coating chocolate sets???
I have a 1/2 of 18 inch layer for a wedding cake I am making today that I will try some of these out on.
Bransmom,
I've got Paula Deen's mag, and they are called cookie dough truffles. I don't know if they are on the food net site, so the recipe calls for....
1/2 c butter softened
3/4 c packed brown sugar
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp of vanilla
2 c all purpose flour
1/2 c semi sweet morsels ( she calls for mini, but I used big and it was fine)
1 c pecans ( I omitted this part)
1 1/2 lbs of chocolate bark melted
Beat butter and brown sugar at medium spped until creamy. Beat in milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixing well. Add choc. morsels and pecans, mixing well. Shape into 1 in balls. Place on wax paper. Chill for 2 hrs.
Using forks, dip cookie balls into candy coating to cover. ( i would melt little bits of choc. at a time, because the balls seemed to make my choc. sieze up!)Place on wax paper and chill to set. Store in refrigerator.
Hope this helps! They were very yummy!!!
Christie
Thank you all so much for the wonderful ideas, thanks christielee for the recipe. I can't wait to get home and get started on these. Thanks again
I can't remember what I used for a binder, probably coffee creamer, but at Christmas I made chocolate with marachino cherry in the middle, chocolate w/Heath bits, and chocolate w/pecans. I have never been crazy about any cake balls I have made with white/vanilla cake, so I mainly use chocolate.
I will try some of these combinations. I have made cakeballs before and hated them!!! These ones sound really yummy.
How do you stuff a strawberry?
There is a thread in one of the recipe forums(tips and ideas??) all about stuffed strawberries. They are yummy. I cut a small triangle in the bottom of a large strawberry then used my piping bag with a #3 tip to fill the strawberry with a cream cheese filling. Then put the small triangle cut out back in place and covered the strawberry with chocolate.
There's another way of doing it too(sorry can't remember right off the top of my head).
Check it out!
HTH
Here is the link to the stuffed strawberry post I was watching:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=285793&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
It includes a link to a video in which the technique is shown.
these all sound really good, i supposed there is a thread on how to make them, off i go searching!!!!!! lol
I have never made cake balls (YET!) but have been thinking of some flavor combos in my mind. Maybe some of you who have made them before will tell me if they sound yummy or if I'm crazy!
Pina Colada: Pineapple cake with rum binder dipped in white choc. and rolled in coconut
Mudslide: Choc. cake with Kahlua binder dipped in milk choc. and rolled in chocolate sprinkles/jimmies
Choc. Raspberry: Choc. cake with seedless raspberry jam or raspberry liquor as biner, dipped in choc.
Great thread! I too have wanted to try these for so long. Guess I better get a move on. My scraps are drying out!
If you are not wanting to use your scraps right away, seal them up in a large freezer bag, taking all of the air out, and store in the freezer until ready to use......they stay fresh for a long time.....you should see my freezer....it is full of bags!!!!!
My freezer is full too!! I'm getting ready to make a huge batch around Father's Day. YUMMY!!
I've made the chocolate raspberry ones before. Just took the cake and mixed it with raspberry liquor until it got to the consistancy I wanted. ( I don't like mine too doughy) Dipped in dark chocolate candy melts and they were a hit!!!
Just tried the Applie Pie cake balls and Dreamscicle cake balls....received nothing but RAVE REVIEWS!!! Can't remember which person posted them...but THANKS!!! LOL
We really should put together a CC recipe book -- complete with an entire chapter on cake balls and all the cool combos we can think of!
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