Caramel Carrot Cake Balls

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!