Comments on: How To Make Cake Balls!!!

By: carmijok

carmijok — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33:09 +0000

I worked at a bakery where cakeballs were one of the most sought after items…we literally turned orders down. But ours were different in that we crumbled the cake first and then let it dry a bit before compressing the cake into a dough-like consistency. We did not add any liquid. It was mashing and kneading by hand on the counter until the dough was almost fudgy in texture. Then we used a small meatballer (It’s like scissors with scoops on the ends) to portion the initial balls. You do not have to freeze them–but you can and keep them for future use. After we portioned the dough we then took each one and hand-rolled the final product…often squeezing the dough again to make sure the surface was smooth and round without cracks. We used Merckens chocolate to dip. You can do ‘toppers’ like small fondant cut-outs (baby bibs were sought after for showers) or personalize them with the customer’s initials. They are extremely rich. I’ve done them at home using our French Vanilla cake recipe and adding small mini chocolate chips (after the dough is formed, mix in the chips) dipped it in chocolate and it’s like chocolate chip cookie-dough (only the cake is baked of course!) You will get rave reviews for sure.

By: mommyandmecakes

mommyandmecakes — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:17:02 +0000

Anyone ever put the ball on a Popsicle stick before dipping in the chocolate?also, can u use ganache?

By: CARDI2

CARDI2 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:42:49 +0000

I HAVE MADE THEM JUST USING EXTRA BUTTERCREAM ICING TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER AND THEN DRIZZELED CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER ON THEM KIND OF TASTE LIKE RESSES PEANUT BUTTER CUP.VERY GOOD.

By: highplainsbaker

highplainsbaker — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:13:11 +0000

What a terrific idea!

By: mitomom

mitomom — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:55:18 +0000

I have made cake balls using buttercreme frosting and a fruit filling. some of my favorites are chocolate/chocolate cherry: pecan praline with caramel filling hand rolled in white chocolate: strawberry in white chocolate:

By: cmeventcoordinator

cmeventcoordinator — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:14:49 +0000

This sounds AWESOME. I have to start on a strawberry flavored cake tonight, so will have to try this out.

By: emma_jada

emma_jada — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:05 +0000

I tried them. i think I put too much creamer. They are in the freezer now. We will see…

By: thebeth

thebeth — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:57:43 +0000

Love these!
They’re so easy to make and they’re very diverse!