I've made cake balls before, and in order to keep the chocolate silky and loose, you need to ad a tiny bit of paraffin wax. I usually add it after I've melted the chocolate. As soon as you stir it in, you will see the chocolate loosen up. Then you can take your time dipping your cake balls, and when the chocolate hardens, just melt it down again, but don't add anymore wax. And I usually melt my chocolate in a glass bowl in the microwave.
Oh, and one more thing, I find it much easier to start with frozen balls. I make the balls ahead of time, and freeze them. Then I pull them out of the freezer and dip. Patty -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of williams4895 Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 7:04 PM To: cooking in the dark Subject: [CnD] My cake balls Some friends came over yesterday and we proceeded to make cake balls. It was definitely an interesting experience. We made the cake in to balls like the recipe said. That was fine, but, when I melted the candy coating to coat them that was when it really got interesting. We melted the candy coating in a bowl and couldn't get them coated fast enough. They turned out like little porcupine balls with pricklys on them. Don't know if there was too much coating on them because they weren't smooth like they should have been. Would like to hear ideas on coating cake balls and other things. Anyway, it was a fun day with a lot of laughs and they were good after all that. Nancy _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
