What do you do with leftover Christmas cake? I blogged about my hazelnut Christmas Cake last week and due to the massive amount of cake I baked, we had a few slices left. Christmas cake keep well and it would last forever in the fridge really. However, I was looking at a recipe for rum balls and thought, hey, I could probably make a version of it using christmas cake rather than cookie crumbs or store-bought chocolate cake!
I did not add rum, but you could if you have some. I used some milk to moisten the mixture instead. Then I rolled in with some chocolate sprinkles. I would have used nuts, but I realised my granulated nuts wasn't fine enough. However, I am sure you could rolled it in some cocoa powder to make it truffle like or even some coloured sprinkles!
I love to see my friends reactions when they bite into these. They were probably expecting rum balls and on first bite, they realised it was filled with kalua soaked fruit!!! They taste better after resting a day in the fridge.
Christmas Cake Chocolate Balls
Any quantity of cake you have left
around 2-3 tablespoon of milk or more if mixture appears dry. You can add rum or any liquor
chocolate sprinkles or cocoa powder
Crumble cake. Then moist it with milk. Using clean hands, roll it up into little balls and rolled it on a plate of sprinkles or cocoa powder. Rest in fridge for an hour or two or even overnight before serving.
good idea. next time can finish off all the cake. some cake can sit in fridge for weeks!
ReplyDeletebrilliant idea, sound so tasty too.
ReplyDeletethis is great use of leftover cake... great idea!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for leftover cake ;)
ReplyDeleteif only i wouldn't have eaten the whole cake:) definitely remembering this recipe for next time
ReplyDeleteI love repurposing leftover cake into little cake balls! These sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteLove the new look and remake of Christmas cake! I just finished the last of my fruit cake this morning.
ReplyDeletethese are nice little treats for the kids and adults too!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this recipe I like a lot, I have all the ingredients! I will surely do it! I wish you good luck ....
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Haha I'm thinking of making this using the leftover wedding fruit cake I got complimentary from the hotel. It's been 3 weeks still ok to use the cake? :) it's a fruit cake, but no liquor, and looks dried out now. :)
ReplyDeleteAimei- you can keep fruit cake for ages! But hopefully it was in the fridge? Yes, you can use the cake to make this for sure.. but you may need to add more milk/liquour to make it moist ;)
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