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St Clement's Cake Truffles
These easy to make cake truffles transform stale or leftover sponge cake into delicious and potentially elegant chocolate truffles. Perfect for gifting on Mother's Day or any other occasion.
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
0
minutes
mins
Freezing Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
50
minutes
mins
Course:
Gift, Snack
Cuisine:
British
Keyword:
chocolate, chocolates, gifts, truffles
Servings:
8
truffles
Calories:
110
kcal
Author:
Choclette @ Tin and Thyme
Ingredients
15
g
unsalted butter
(½ oz) softened
30
g
icing sugar
(1 oz)
90
g
leftover lemon, orange or St Clement's sponge cake
(3 oz (I used one square of my
lemon poppy seed cake
))
2
tsp
orange or lemon liqueur
60
g
dark chocolate
(2 oz (I used Green & Black's 72% cook's chocolate))
Metric
-
US Customary
Instructions
Cream the butter and icing sugar together in a mixing bowl until very soft and pale in colour.
15 g unsalted butter,
30 g icing sugar
Crumble the cake in with your hands.
90 g leftover lemon, orange or St Clement's sponge cake
Beat it well until everything's fully incorporated and smooth.
Depending if the cake is lemon or orange, add a couple of teaspoons of either contrasting orange or lemon liqueur. Beat the mixture some more.
2 tsp orange or lemon liqueur
Roll the mixture into small balls and place in the freezer for 30 minutes to harden.
Roughly chop the chocolate and melt it in a bowl suspended over a pan of hot, but not boiling water.
60 g dark chocolate
Dip the cake balls into the chocolate and place on a sheet of greaseproof paper to set.
If you're going to cover or decorate them, do it before the chocolate has set. I placed a sugar flower on top of each of mine.
Once set, transfer to a pretty box and tie with a ribbon.
Notes
Please note:
calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They’re approximate and will depend on exact ingredients used.
Nutrition
Calories:
110
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
15
g
|
Protein:
1
g
|
Fat:
5
g
|
Saturated Fat:
3
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
16
mg
|
Sodium:
62
mg
|
Potassium:
65
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
10
g
|
Vitamin A:
67
IU
|
Calcium:
14
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg