Chocolate Cake Truffle - The Money Shot

Cake Truffles – Step Three – The Coating

Step 3.1 – Create Truffle coating in small batches (see below)
Step 3.2 – Coat Truffles in small batches
Step 3.3 – Chill in refrigerator or freezer

Step 3.1 – Create Truffle coating in small batches
Once your balls are completely chilled, you’re ready to coat them in the luscious chocolate (or whatever flavor) shell. As with the cake and the frosting, you can use any of your favorite coating flavors…chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, ramma-lamma-ding-dong! FUN!

Chocolate Coating

Makes 1 small batch
1 c. dark chocolate chips (vegan)
1 – 1 1/2 Tbsp. vegetable shortening

Simulate a double-boiler by putting chocolate chips in a large glass measuring cup and placing the measuring cup inside a larger pot that is filled with water to reach about 1/2 way to the top of the chocolate chip line.

Bring water to boil to begin melting chocolate. Once boiling, turn heat down to medium-low. Stir chocolate until completely melted – it will be thick. Stir in vegetable shortening to thin chocolate into a more workable consistency. If it’s still too thick, add more shortening a teaspoon or so at a time. If too thin, add more chocolate chips.

Step 3.2 – Coat Truffles in small batches
The cake balls are easiest to coat when they are chilled. This is why you want to coat them in small batches, so that you can coat some while the others stay chilling.

To coat: Dip one ball in the melted coating and roll until completely covered. Lift out with a spoon, gently tapping the ball several times along the inside edge of the measuring cup to get excess coating off the ball. Once most of the excess coating has made its way back into the measuring cup, let the coated cake ball slide off the spoon and onto a sheet of wax paper to cool.

Step 3.3 – Chill in refrigerator or freezer
After coating first small batch, place in the refrigerator to chill for 10-15 minutes. Once coating has completely chilled, place in candy wrappers to serve. Start process again with next small batch.

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