I’d been wondering what to do with the cake in my freezer; it was leftover from my daughter’s graduation party. I made my usual chocolate cake recipe, but only decorated one layer. When I saw Faithy use cake scraps from a very architectural cake (R2D2!) to make these, it seemed like a great idea. I also had a lot of rum leftover. Our friends didn’t drink as many mojitos as I’d planned for at a party last fall. Either they’ve become very mature, or we offered too many choices.
Source: diary of Faithy, the baker
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Rum Cake Balls
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Description
A boozy little treat
Ingredients
- cake, crumbled
- rum
- sugar
Instructions
- Stir enough rum into the crumbled cake to make it stick together with a thick, batter-like texture
- I used 1/2 c. rum with one layer of a 9 inch round cake
- Roll a spoonful of the mixture between your palms to shape into a ball
- Finish it off by rolling in sugar
- I kept these loosely covered on my counter, and I thought the texture was just right after 2 or 3 days
- (Faithy mentions that you can also keep them uncovered in the fridge to dry them out a bit.), you could do this with any cake flavor
PS- you could use frosting to glue the cake crumbs together if you want a non-alcholic cake ball
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.
Vicki
They look great with the sugar coating. Isn’t it fun learning from other Heavenly Cake Bakers?
Sarah
Hi
I came across your lovely blog and thought you might like to take a peek at mine. I live in the French Alps and write about food and renovating our old watermill. Would you be interested in exchanging links? I am now following you.
Sarah
http://atasteofsavoie.blogspot.com/
email: atasteofsavoie@gmail.com
Lois B
Vicki – thanks! You’re right; there is a wealth of info on the HCB blogs.
Sarah – thanks for your comment and following my blog. I shall live vicariously through your adventures in the French Alps!
faithy, the baker
Glad you made them!! It’s so easy to make isnt it? You like them?
Lois B
Faithy, I loved them, and they are SO easy!
Beatrice
I don’t eat a lot of cake (cookies and pie are my sweets of choice) but this sounds delicious. I’m not sure they would last 2-3 days on my counter…
Barbara
Who has leftover rum???!!!
polishhousewife
LOL!
Kaela West
Approximately how many balls does this make?
polishhousewife
It all depends on how much cake you start with, Kaela. When I used the 9-inch cake rather than scraps, I think it made 60 or so, but that was a long time ago.