Malted Milk Ball Cake

I wanted to make something special for my mom’s birthday and took inspiration from a dessert my daughter had while vacationing in Orlando — a fancy chocolate malt cake, everything is extravagant when you’re at Disney! I made a chocolate cake and used this chocolate-malt buttercream frosting recipe – topping it off with malted milk balls. Voila! A Chocolate Malted Milk Ball Cake!

I am a huge fan of chocolate and malt. In my humble opinion, the flavors are made for each other. It’s a combination that was meant to be.

I’m often making Italian or Swiss Meringue Buttercream, so this frosting seemed very quick and easy in comparison. The texture was nice. It spread easily and was still firm enough to pipe.

PS – I’m revisiting this post after more than 7 years and am thinking that my very first blog post certainly had room for improvement! You’ll no longer see time and date stamps on my photos, or anyone’s for that matter. It seems to have gone out of fashion. I’d like to think that now, I would have leveled the cake or at least positioned it to look more level. I still think it’s a beautiful cake plate; I have our daughters to thank for that. While I can critic the photography, and maybe the write-up, I can’t fault the flavor. The Malted Milk Ball Cake was delicious, and that’s what it’s really all about.

Smacznego!

Lois

Adapted from myrecipes.com

Originally from Southern Living March 2009

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Malted Milk Ball Cake

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• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins

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Ingredients

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• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup malted milk powder
• 5 to 7 tablespoons milk

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Instructions

1. Beat butter and vanilla until creamy.
2. Combine dry ingredients.
3. Add to butter mixture (1/3 at a time), alternating with with milk.
4. Beat until light and fluffy.

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Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.