Cupcake Balls - Variations
Time
Total preparation time: 20 min.
Small cake balls (for example, the well-known rum balls) are ideal for conjuring up a quick snack and using leftovers. There are no (barely) limits to fantasy and experimentation.
- The style is always the same, only the ingredients are different.
- The base consists of sponge cake and moist ingredients.
- Crumble the cake and mix with the moist ingredients until a soft, malleable mass is formed.
- Form to small balls and roll / cover if necessary. It can be used anything that is delicious, just try it out.
- I'm a big fan of self-baking, but for the balls you can also take a pre-packaged cake.
- The ingredients do not have to be weighed, but can be used to taste.
- The ingredients I mix by hand, that works best. Disposable gloves are recommended, it will be a sticky affair.
To give you some ideas, here are a few compilations that I have already tried and found to be good.
Mulled wine balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (chocolate or marble)
- milk
- mulled wine
- sugar
- dark cocoa powder
- hazelnuts
- Cinnamon, vanilla pulp, rum flavor
- dark couverture, if necessary powdered sugar
?Preparation:
- Melt couverture in a water bath.
- Crumble the cake in a bowl, mix with milk and mulled wine until a malleable mass is formed.
- Add the remaining ingredients to taste, if necessary add a little more liquid.
- Form balls and cover with couverture.
- If necessary, dust with some powdered sugar after cooling.
Coconut balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (sand cake or lemon)
- sugar
- coconut milk
- possibly Batida de Coco (if you like)
- white couverture
- desiccated coconut
Preparation:
- Melt couverture in a water bath.
- Crumble cake, mix with sugar, coconut milk and, if necessary, Batida de Coco.
- Form balls and cover with couverture, allow to dry slightly, then toss in coconut flakes.
Eggnog balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (sponge cake)
- sugar
- Ground almonds
- milk
- Advocaat
- White couverture, whole almonds peeled off
Preparation:
- Melt couverture in a water bath.
- Crumble cake, mix with sugar, milk, egg liqueur.
- Form balls, cover with couverture. Put one almond on each of the balls.
Bailey balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (variety does not matter)
- sugar
- milk
- Bailey's
- Whole milk chocolate and / or chocolate sprinkles
Preparation:
- Melt couverture in a water bath.
- Crumble cake, mix with sugar, milk and Baileys.
- Form balls, coat with couverture, allow to dry slightly.
- Roll in the chocolate sprinkles (works without couverture coating).
Espresso balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (marble)
- milk
- espresso
- sugar
- Dark cocoa powder
- Chocolate chips (bittersweet)
- Dark couverture
- mocha beans
Preparation:
- Melt couverture in a water bath.
- Crumble cake, mix with sugar, cocoa, espresso and chocolate grated.
- Form balls, cover with couverture and place one moka bean on each of the balls.
Walnut carrot balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (sponge cake)
- sugar
- cream cheese
- Finely grated carrots
- Ground walnuts
- Some cinnamon
Preparation:
- Crumble the cake, mix with the remaining ingredients.
- Shaping balls.
Marzipan balls
Ingredients:
- Sponge cake (sand or marzipan cake)
- milk
- Bitter almond flavor or Amaretto
- Marzipan raw mass
- Chopped almonds
Preparation:
- Crumble cake, mix with milk, aroma / amaretto and marzipan.
- Form balls and roll in the chopped almonds.
Have fun trying out new creations!
