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Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles

A delicious way to use up leftover cake (or a cake that hasn't gone quite to plan, as was the case with me) and turn it into something a little more decadent.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 18
Author Anne

Ingredients

  • cooked cake approximately 1 cake or adjust the other ingredients to the amount of cake you have left
  • 1/2 cup Nutella
  • 1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts
  • 1/4 cup ground hazelnuts optional
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • chocolate melted (for drizzling or dipping truffle into)

Instructions

  1. Blitz cake until fine crumbs are formed.
  2. Add cocoa, Nutella, chopped and ground hazelnuts and mix well.
  3. Mixture should be the same consistency as if you were making meat balls.
  4. Using a small ice cream scoop or spoon, take mixture and roll between hands until a ball shape is formed.
  5. Set on a tray lined with baking paper and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  6. Melt chocolate by breaking up into pieces and put in the microwave for 30 second increments until melted.
  7. Using a fork, take chocolate and 'drizzle' onto truffles.
  8. Return to the refrigerator until chocolate has set.
  9. Suitable to freeze.

Recipe Notes

Any kind of cake can be used.
I used a banana cake for this recipe.
Any ingredients can be used, eg dried fruit, chopped candy bars, nuts and a binding ingredient like nut pastes or melted chocolate.