Momofuku Birthday Cake Truffles Recipe

You can use any cake scrap and any leftover fillings crumbs or crunches from your kitchen.

Momofuku birthday cake truffles recipe.

Makes about one dozen. Momofuku birthday cake truffles recipe if you live in nyc or even if you don t you ve definitely heard of the famous birthday cake truffles from momofuku. Invert cake onto mat then peel off parchment. You can choose to follow the recipe or get crazy without our guidance using leftovers to concoct your own.

Roll the cake truffle in the cake sand until completely coated and serve. Place a silicone baking mat or piece of parchment on a counter. Put 2 tablespoons of the white chocolate in the palm of your hand and roll each ball between your palms coating it in a thin layer of melted chocolate. Well over a month ago february 11th to be exact brown eyed baker turned 10 years old young.

Use cake ring to punch out two 6 rounds from cake or using a springform pan as a. What started as a snack for milk bar staff to use the scraps left behind after round layers were cut. The famous momofuku milk bar birthday layer cake layers of funfetti cake loaded with sprinkles vanilla frosting and birthday cake crumbs. Enter the cake truffle.

The basics for cake truffles are as follows. We stick to one flavor of cake scraps at a time. We use our birthday cake for the birthday cake truffles recipe follows birthday cake. We had once served slices of cake to order but after hemming and hawing with our endearing staff of counter employees over the correct way to slice and serve a multi layered cake we decided to get smart and make cake truffles with all of our leftover cake and cake layering scraps.

We can thank christina tosi chef and owner of the ever growing and ever popular american bakery milk bar as seen on chef s table. Don t limit yourself to birthday cake. Cake scraps the fresher the better. If you havent had the pleasure of trying these little balls of heaven well heres your chance.

My favorite offering at milk bar is our cake truffles spawned entirely from leftover bits and pieces of cake. Roll each one between the palms of your hands to shape and smooth it into a round sphere. The original recipe says into 12 balls but i made 24 because more cake truffles better. Pastry on netflix for helping cement cake truffles you may also know them as cake balls or cake pops in the cultural zeitgeist.

Unsalted butter at room temperature 4 tablespoons stick vegetable shortening. Don t limit yourself to birthday cake. Roll about 2 tablespoons worth of cake truffle batter into a ball. You can choose to follow the recipe or get crazy without our guidance using leftovers to concoct your own.

My favorite offering at milk bar is our cake truffles spawned entirely from leftover bits and pieces of cake. You can use any cake scrap and any leftover fillings crumbs or crunches.