Creme de Menthe Chocolate Cake Balls-for the adults!
When life messes with your cake creation make cake balls! That’s the story behind these delicious balls of Cream de Menthe Buttercream frosting and chocolate cake.
I’ve been seeing cake rolls all over the internet. On Facebook, On Pinterest, On Instagram. Everywhere I look, there’s another Cake Roll showing it’s gorgeous swirl at me.
My sweet friend Dorothy at Crazy for Crust, is known for her cake rolls. Every single one is perfection. She’s so good at it, that’s she’s got a tutorial to show the rest of us how easy it really is. Her directions are perfect.
My problem was user error. I wanted to be lazy. I knew my first attempt probably wouldn’t turn out. I just wanted to make it on a whim. You know, run into the kitchen, bake it up and whalaa! The perfect roll cake the very first time.
Not! Dorothy’s directions we’re perfect. You will see a cake roll from me soon. Very soon. But not this recipe. You can’t use a box cake mix to make a cake roll. It’s too much cake. Too thick, to roll nicely.
I ended up with a broken (in many places) delicious, sloppy cake roll. No problem. The cake and buttercream frosting make the best cake balls! We devoured them, including the kids. And don’t worry about the booze and kids, if you do the math, it’s about 1/4 a teaspoon of alcohol per cake ball.
To add sprinkles, use a pair of tweezers to drop/place them where you want them. Recipe source [ChocolateChocolateandmore.com|http://chocolatechocolateandmore.com/]Creme de Menthe Chocolate Cake Balls
Ingredients
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Instructions
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Very cute! These sound like the perfect bite-sized treats to end a Christmas feast!
Booze AND cake?! Girl, you are my hero. Creme de menthe is my favorite and, well, who doesn’t want to eat cake everyday forever? These are so perfect for Christmas!
Thanks for this recipe, I tried it but omitted the crème de menthe and added peppermint extract instead and it was amazing.
My husband is a huge “cake balls” fan! And I’m a huge Creme de Menthe fan! I see these cute little treats showing up at my house in the near future! Pinned!!
I love this version of cake balls! Can’t wait for the cake roll… I love making cake rolls. I made a red velvet recently. (Can’t remember where I got the recipe.) Thank you for sharing this adult treat with all of us at the Show Stopper Saturday party this morning, Joan! Already pinned! (=
Great idea! I often have brownies that come out too dry and crumble them for trifle. This is another terrific way to use them up for a bite size treat, varying the flavors with different liiqueurs or extracts. Is there anyting other than cuttercream that would work as a binder? What is the approximate ratio of frosting to crumbs if I want to do this with smaller amounts of leftovers? I guess I keep adding until the crumb mix will form the balls!