I first encountered the phenomena of the cake ball about 10
years ago when I was really into cake decorating. Over the years they’ve grown in popularity
and are now a mainstream item and are commonly marketed as cake pops.
They are quite simple to make and are a great way to put
good use to leftover cake or cake crumbs.
Whenever I level off a cake crown, I simply freeze the scraps and then
when I need a quick treat, whip up some cake balls. You can mix and match flavors of cake or use
all one flavor. Whatever suits your
fancy.
Most recipes call for adding icing to moisten the cake. You can use really any wet ingredient-jam or
jelly, lemon curd, honey, chocolate sauce or even caramel which is amazing with
leftover carrot cake.
Caramel Carrot Cake
Balls
Carrot Cake
Caramel Sauce (of course I recommend homemade)
Tempered Chocolate
To make the cake balls simply mash up cake in a bowl using a
wooden spoon. Pour in caramel sauce a
little at a time and stir. Add caramel
until you have a “meatball” consistency.
Scoop into balls using a small ice cream scoop. Place balls on a sheet of parchment and chill
for 1 hour. Dip in tempered chocolate
and allow to firm up.
Enjoy!
