Leftover Cake Truffles or Cake Balls are chewy and delicious no-bake bite-sized treats that make you feel like you are eating a cake in a whole bite. Got any leftover cake? or Did you just have a cake disaster in your kitchen? Then these treats are the best answer. You can also serve these as party treats, as a gift or as a dessert for your next potluck or picnic.
I recently prepared a three-layered cake for our son's birthday using a cake box mix and filled the layers with whipped cream and fruits. I did not want to throw the scraps from the cake as they were so tasty and my husband really does not like wasting any food. Therefore, I ended up making these truffles or cake balls.
Actually, you don't need any recipe to make these beauties. Simple mix and match your favorite cake with the coating you like (any frosting and toppings). I have dipped these leftover cakes with chocolate, so in short, these are mini chocolate cake bites. Who would say no when there is chocolate in it? I ended up making 2 different kinds of truffles. One dipped in semi-sweet chocolate and topped with toasted coconut, and another batch dipped in milk chocolate and topped with toasted cashews.
You can keep it totally plain or simply roll the cake in cocoa powder instead of dipping in melted chocolate, or even coat them in dark or white chocolate if you prefer. You can also top this with any other nuts of your choice, crushed chocolate, M&M's, sprinkles, or cookie crumbs, or even decorate it so that it can be served as a special party treat that your family will love. One can also turn them into cake pops just by forming cake balls on a stick. Simply said, make them the way you want, and it always turns out great.
There are endless variations you can do with leftover cake. What is your favorite? Please share in the comment section below.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Set time: 30 minutes + 30 minutes
Serves: 20 truffles
Ingredients for Leftover Cake Truffles
Leftover cake - 2 cups
Heavy whipping cream / Whole Milk / Coffee creamer - 4 to 5 tbsp
Vanilla extract - ¼ tsp
Sugar - ½ teaspoon (optional)
Semi-sweet chocolate chip / Milk chocolate chip - 1 1 /2 cups
Toasted coconut - 3 tbsp
Toasted cashews - 3 tbsp
Steps to prepare Leftover Cake Truffles
Step I
- In a bowl, crumble the leftover cake, whipping cream, vanilla extract, and sugar to form the dough. This should not be too wet. So depending on how moist or dry your cake is, add the cream or milk little by little at a time. The dough should be such that it is easy to roll bite size balls out of it.
- Make bite-size balls from these and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Place this in the freezer for 30 minutes or until it is firm. This will make dipping easier.
Step II
- Melt the chocolate chips using the double boiler method or microwave.
- Remove a few cake balls at a time so they don't soften up. Roll them in this melted chocolate one at a time so that it gets coated completely.
- Sprinkle toasted cashews or toasted coconut immediately and place it in the freezer to set for another 30 minutes.
- Leftover Cake Truffles are now ready. Serve and enjoy.
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Leftover Cake Truffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups Leftover cake
- 4 to 5 tablespoon Heavy whipping cream or Whole Milk or Coffee creamer
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon Sugar (optional)
- 1.5 cups Chocolate chips Semi-sweet or Milk or Dark or White Chocolate
- 3 tablespoon Coconut toasted flakes
- 3 tablespoon Cashews toasted
Instructions
Step I
- In a bowl, crumble the leftover cake, add whipping cream, vanilla extract, and sugar to form the dough. This should not be too wet. So depending on how moist or dry your cake is, add the cream or milk little by little at a time. The dough should be such that it is easy to roll bite size balls out of it.2 cups Leftover cake, 4 to 5 tablespoon Heavy whipping cream, ¼ teaspoon Vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon Sugar
- Make bite-size balls from these and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Place this in the freezer for 30 minutes or until it is firm. This will make dipping easier.
Step II
- Melt the chocolate chips using the double boiler method or microwave.1.5 cups Chocolate chips
- Remove a few cake balls at a time from the freezer, so they don't soften up. Roll them in this melted chocolate one at a time so that they get coated completely.
- Sprinkle toasted cashews or toasted coconut immediately and place it in the freezer to set for another 30 minutes.3 tablespoon Coconut, 3 tablespoon Cashews
- Leftover Cake Truffles are now ready. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- You can use any leftover sponge cake to make this recipe. Especially, after a party, if there is leftover cake, or there are trimmings from designed cakes, etc., don't let them go to waste. Make truffles using them and continue the celebration for few more days!
- You can cover the cake truffles in any type of chocolate - sweet, semi-sweet, dark, white, or even candy melts!
- Use sprinkles, crushed or sliced nuts, coconut flakes, etc., to decorate the truffles.
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Stacey
I love these and that they use up leftovers, I'm all about that! My family will make sure there won't be leftovers with these.
Monica | Nourish & Fete
These look so decadent and amazing - perfect for bringing out after a nice meal with some port or wine! And the fact that they're made of leftovers?? Amazing!
Ruth
If I’m not serving these immediately or have leftovers. Do I keep them in the refrigerator or freezer?
Thanks!
Kushi
Keep them in fridge till you are ready to serve.