Easy Cake truffles are a delicious way to use up any leftover cake! They also make great edible gifts on festive occasions like Diwali and Christmas.
Made with only 6 ingredients and 15 minutes at hand, you have Cake Crumble truffle dessert, ready almost instantly.
ABOUT CAKE TRUFFLES – CAKE BALLS RECIPE
What do you do with your leftover cakes? What do you with the cakes that you bake, fall apart? There is nothing to panic about absolutely !! Make Cake Crumble Truffles in a jiffy.
These cake balls happened after many baking fails in my kitchen!! And I am so proud these cake balls came to life. I have tried this Pound Cake Truffles, Madiera Cake Pops, Truffles with Birthday Cake and even Coconut loaf cake.
I am sure you can relate to the numerous baking failures in the kitchen too – My mini bundt cake wouldn’t unmould one of the days and I had to scoop the cake out. I had almost collected a big ziplock bag of cake crumble.
The cake crumble truffle with leftover cake was so delicious. To put them to use, I stirred this cake crumbles in melted chocolate along with powdered sugar, condensed milk and rolled into walnut-sized balls! These bliss balls made with crumbled cake were so tasty already.
I let them set in the fridge and then coated with melted chocolate. Cake Balls were an Instant Hit at our home.
Now no more reason to worry about Bake Fails!! I get so happy when it happens.
You can make these cake balls in plenty, pack in sealed cellophane bags and hand it over as edible Christmas presents too.
WHY MAKE THIS RECIPE?
It’s Quick & Easy – You only need 15 minutes to put them together
So adaptable and versatile – Can be made from scratch or with a store-bought cake. Can use the cake from bake fails.
Instant Dessert, ready in a jiffy
Delicious edible gift – Pack the cakes in cellophane bags and hand it over to friends and family.
INGREDIENTS
You will need only 6 Ingredients to make this Instant Chocolate Truffle Recipe.
Cake – I like to make this recipe with leftover cakes from bake fails or use Fresh Madiera Cake/ Pound Cake. Either of them works.
Condensed Milk or Evaporated Milk
Ground Almond is easily available at grocery stores in baking aisle.
Powdered Sugar or Icing Sugar – Make them at home. Place granulated sugar in a blender and process until you have a fine white powder.
Chocolate – Any of the chocolates would work well – Plain Chocolate, Milk Chocolate or Dark Chocolate. My preference would be plain chocolate in the recipe.
For Dusting – Use Icing Sugar or Cocoa Powder
Optional Toppings for Cake Truffles
- Chopped nuts like Pistachio, walnut, hazelnut
- Melted Dark Chocolate
- Candy Canes and Sprinkles
How to make Quick & Easy Cake Ball truffles ?
Make this almost instant dessert in just 4 easy steps.
Step 1 – Melt the Chocolate and stir them till smooth.
Step 2.– Mix all the remaining ingredients into the melted chocolate to combine, using a silicone spatula.
Step 3 – Make walnut sized balls, by rolling with your hand. Set the cake balls to chill until set.
Step 4 – Dust Icing Sugar / Cocoa powder to coat the cake crumbles.
RECIPES TO MAKE WITH CAKE CRUMBLE?
You can make Cake Balls, Cake Pops, Trifle or even use them in Tiramisu Jars. I love to use leftover cakes in my Jar Desserts like Mango Cheesecake Jars.
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QUICK & EASY NO COOK CAKE TRUFFLES RECIPE BELOW
Ingredients
- 100 g Madiera Cake or Pound Cake crumbled
- 75 ml Condensed milk or Evaporated milk
- 50 g Ground Almond
- 200 g Icing Sugar or Powdered Sugar
- 100 g Plain or Milk or Dark Chocolate
- Icing & Cocoa Powder for rolling
Instructions
- Double Boiler method for melting chocolate – Melt chocolate in a pan, simmering over another pot of water. Once melted and glossy, add all the remaining ingredients and combine.
- Roll into balls – Roll into small sized balls, by rolling between your palm. Place in the refrigerator and allow it to set.
- Toppings – Dust with Icing Sugar or Cocoa Powder as desired. Store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Rafeeda says
I totally loved the addition of evaporated milk… sounds so delicious and something so easy to make on a lazy day…
Sandhya Hariharan says
It is Rafeeda.. and a great party nibble too.
Meena Kumar says
Ooo I love those cake balls 🙂 with condensed milk. I bet it will taste heavenlyy. Totally agree when one huge cake goes wrong anyone would panic. Great recipe to make with bake fails.
Sandhya Hariharan says
Cake Undaas… so cute.. Its heavenly combination with condensed milk. A cake can fall off anytime… and its human.
Roy says
Hey Sandhya, I loved these pictures. They are really so cute to look at. I would love to pop these in my mouth. Keep up the good work!!
Sandhya Hariharan says
Thanks Pallavi. You should definitely visit Aldi.. I am frequent visitor of Tesco and Sainbury’s.. but ever since I have visited Aldi.. I am in love. Their Tea towel quality is fab for the price;)
Alka says
Its such a useful share…sometimes the leftover cakes can be a mess but not anymore,,thanks for the share
Sandhya Hariharan says
Like Minds Alka !! A lot of people actually asked me .. if we can have any leftover cakes?
Sujatha Arun says
You smart cookie ! Gorgeous truffles to drool over. I can imagine how much heavenly it would have been with condensed milk.
Sandhya Hariharan says
Thanks dearie.. They would vanish in minutes.. if you place in a party for nibble. Specially with icing sugar.