truffles – My Whisk and I

160g + 160g chocolate, chopped
5ml butter
30ml milk
80ml desiccated coconut
80g chocolate cake, crumbed
65g icing sugar, sieved
20g pecan nuts, chopped
15ml rosemary, very finely chopped
16 sprigs of rosemary

Add the 160g chocolate and butter to a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water and allow to melt completely.
Take off the heat and stir in the milk.
Add the coconut, chocolate cake, icing sugar, pecan and rosemary and stir through.
Allow the mixture to cool for about 15 minutes.
Scoop 15ml portions into your hands and roll into balls.
Place on a tray lined with baking paper and refrigerate until set.
Scewer each truffle with a rosemary sprig.
Add the remaining 160g chocolate to a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water and stir every now and then to melt.
Dip the truffles into the melted chocolate and place them back onto the lined tray.
Stand the truffles at room temperature until the chocolate has set before serving.

l make these truffles from cake off-cuts and sometimes from a slice or two of left-over cake. They are somewhere between a cake-pop and a traditional chocolate truffle but believe me, they are delicious and very more-ish!

160g De Villiers chocolate, chopped
5ml butter
30ml milk
80ml desiccated coconut
330ml cake crumbs (blitz two slices of cake in a food processor)
62ml icing sugar
20g almonds, chopped

For rolling the truffles:
A handful of the following
almonds, very finely chopped
desiccated coconut
cocoa powder
dried rose petals
icing sugar

Add the chocolate, butter and milk to a heatproof bowl and place over a saucepan with simmering water to melt. Stir every now and then until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture amalgamated.
Take the chocolate mixture from the heat and stir in the coconut, cake crumbs, icing sugar and chopped nuts. Keep mixing until all the ingredients are completely covered with chocolate.
Roll the mixture into balls the size of walnuts and then roll them through the almonds/coconut/cocoa/rose petals/icing sugar.
Keep the truffles in a sealed container at room temperature.

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