Spice Cake Truffles
By: Stephanie Grillo
Published: Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 6:28am

Ingredients




3 cups spice cake scraps
 brown sugar swiss meringue
1/2 pound tempered milk-chocolate (may also use candy melts if desired)
dash of cinnamon or ground cloves

Preparation

1 Using your hands, crush the cake scraps until you have fine crumbs 2 Start by adding 2 Tbsp. brown sugar swiss meringue to the cake crumbs and knead the meringue into the crumbs 3 Continue to add swiss meringue until the cake crumbs will form into a ball and hold together 4 Fill a medium sized ice-cream scoop with the mixture, roll into a nicely shaped ball with your hands and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment 5 Place baking sheet in a pre-heated 300 degree oven and bake for 5 minutes (this is to form a slight crust on the cake truffle to aid in dipping) 6 When cake truffles are cool, temper chocolate or melt the candy melts and dip each cake truffle using a dipping fork 7 Place truffle on a parchment-lined baking sheet, sprinkle a tiny bit of cinnamon or ground cloves for decoration 8 Allow chocolate to set and enjoy!

About


These are wonderful one or two bite confections. Create your own cake truffle flavors by using other cake and filling combinations (e.g. chocolate cake with praline paste, dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with chopped hazelnuts). The flavor possibilities are endless!
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