Dan Cake Mini Rum Truffle Cakes 225g

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Place the cake sponge in a bowl and crumble the cake either by rubbing with your hands (it’s best to use catering food gloves for this) or using a food processor.

When you’re melting the chocolate and cream together, don’t allow it to become too hot or it could separate. Keep the heat as low as possible and don’t to try rush it.Technically, these are “truffles” because the chocolate ganache rum balls are dipped in melted chocolate after they are chilled. The fab combination of cake and chocolate, which makes these truffles soft and moreish. Any specialist equipment needed? Mini rum truffle cakes coated in chocolate flavoured vermicelli. Fine Art of Baking Since 1931. Dan Cake.

The chilling time isn’t a strict guide – it may take a little under or over an hour depending on how cold your fridge runs. Chill the truffle mixture until it has firmed up but is pliable enough to roll into balls. Whisk until the chocolate is melted and shiny. (If chocolate doesn't melt completely it can be microwaved for 30 seconds at a time or placed over a double boiler until melted.) I remember my mum would buy us one ‘potato’ each, so we wouldn’t need to share and I quite often could not even finish mine. As delicious as it was, it was also quite filling! Heat the 23 ounces of chocolate over a double boiler until melted and smooth. See notes for microwave directions.

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If you want to, you can also leave out the rum if you are making these with children or use rum essence (you’ll need about one teaspoon, depending on the strength of your essence). The rum can be swapped for any other alcohol, but flavour wise rum seems to work well with chocolate. I love making homemade Christmas gifts – I’m not in any way a crafty person at all – my strengths lie in the kitchen! the perfect homemade Christmas gift Sugar, Wheat Flour, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Palm, Coconut, Shea), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Humectant (E422), Egg, Starch (contains Wheat), Oat Flakes, Raspberries, Strawberry, Apricot, Apple, Banana, Orange, Blueberries, Flavouring, Alcohol (0,6%), Jamaica Rum (0,3%), Milk Protein, Salt, Dextrose, Dried Skimmed Milk, Fully Hydrogenated Vegetable Fats (Palm, Rapeseed), Emulsifiers (E322 ( Soy), E471 Vegetable), Preservative (E202), Modified Starch, Acidity Regulators (E262, E330, E331), Dried Milk, Whey Powder ( Milk), Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Hazelnut, Almond, Wheat Gluten, Desiccated Coconut, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Concentrated Orange Juice

Almond bark is naturally dairy-free. It is also super flexible because you can mix-in almost any type of dried fruit and nuts. They are a no bake treat – all you need to do is melt together chocolate and cream and stir in cake crumbs, a little icing sugar and rum – and that’s it!Make sure the cake is completely cooled before crumbling it, or the mixture might become too moist. Add the vanilla extract and the pinch of salt to the cream mixture and blend in. When nearly cold, add the rum or rum essence and then add into the cake crumbs and mix well till evenly combined. When I first made this recipe I didn’t get the chance to take any photos, so it’s quite fitting that when I was recently re-doing this recipe, I chatted to my mum online at the same time. Why not stay in touch… You can but there won’t be a depth of flavor like there is with dark or spiced rum, just a basic rum flavor! Cover the truffles with plastic wrap and freeze the rolled balls for about 60 minutes, until they are firm and very cold.

The easiest decoration is just drizzling melted chocolate on top of each rum truffle ball. You can use dark chocolate or white chocolate in its natural state or colored white chocolate. Cocoa Powder Treat friends to these moreish rum truffles. They make an ideal gift for grown-ups, or you can omit the rum to make plain chocolate truffles for children Nutrition: Per serving (20) Nutrient Place the rum balls on a parchment lined baking sheet. Freeze them individually first, then transfer to a sealed container to keep frozen.Yes, absolutely! I often make just 1/2 of this recipe, which is about 18 truffles. You can easily double or triple the recipe ingredients to make more truffles. Made a gluten free and dairy version that was great. Also subbed coconut cream instead of sweetened condensed and used Malibu. Uh huh.