So, this weeks theme as we all know is centred around making that special lady in your life feel really loved and appreciated. Mother’s Day is the one day where you can really pull out all the stops to show your Mum how much she means to you. This particular recipe is ideal as it’s one that the kids can really get stuck into making and it’s a guarantee it will go down a treat with the whole family!
This is such a quick, easy recipe and makes your life easy by just using good quality store bought cake. In the photos shown, I’ve actually used left over birthday cake – another really easy way to recycle an already delicious treat!
Makes approx 24 truffles
4 cups cake, crumbled into small pieces (approximately 600gms)
3 tbs salted butter, melted
2 tbs Nutella, or your favourite chocolate spread
1 cup finely chopped almonds
1 tbs rum (only if you are making these for grown-up kids of course!)
1 heaped cup of desiccated coconut.
Start by crumbling the cake to a large chunky breadcrumb stage. This is where kids are especially useful with their little fingers!
To this mixture, add the melted butter, the Nutella and the optional rum. Knead this mixture all together as shown below. The consistency should be sticky but not a wet mixture and easy enough to roll into a ball.
Spread the desiccated coconut into a large wide plate and roll the balls in this until they are entirely covered in coconut, (hence the snowstorm!)
Once all the truffles are rolled, cover with cling film and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.
These make delicious tea-time treats, lovely for boxed sweet gifts or just to indulge, as I am currently doing with a freshly brewed cup of coffee – blissfulness achieved!!!!
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