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Cake bites

by Louise 44 Comments

Cake bites

I had some cake scraps from the wedding cake so I decided to make some pretty cake bites to indulge with my afternoon tea. Cake bites is made out of cake scraps (I used chocolate cake) and is mixed with either buttercream, cream cheese frosting or chocolate ganache until it looks likes a sticky “dough” that you can mould. You can add flavours like sugar syrup or liqueur if you like.

Roll the “dough” into small bite sizes and chill them in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. Then decorate them as you desire with melted chocolate, poured fondant or sprinkles. If you are planning to roll the cake bites in sugar sprinkles, then do it the moment that you have rolled the cake bites while they are still soft and sticky. Otherwise it can be hard for the sugar sprinkles to attach the cake bite.

I decorated some of my cake bites with “home-colored” pink sprinkles and covered the rest with poured fondant and decorated them with green vines and some small pink gum paste sugar flowers. Placed in paper cups these small cake bites would be a perfect treat for a tea party.

Happy Caking!

Louise

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  1. Mutindi Song'e

    December 23, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    Hi Louise. I had the idea of cutting out marzipan cookie shapes then covering them with chocolate. My worry was how to cover them totally without a dent or two being seen….but of course sugar strands will cover any imperfections! Yippee, thanks and Merry Christmas!

    Mutindi, Nairobi, Kenya

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  2. Jenn

    December 20, 2010 at 2:57 AM

    Want to try cake bites, but do you pour fondant? Do you melt regular fondant first?

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  3. Brooke

    December 10, 2009 at 8:37 PM

    These are gorgeous and they will be a perfect accent dessert for my daughter’s 4th birthday party! We are doing a pastel Mad Hatter design decorated with pink and blue snowflakes for birthday cake (December baby!) and these will be great to serve alongside! I came upon your site purely by chance and I am so glad I did 🙂

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  4. Louise

    November 20, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    Tina: Im happy to hear that you have learned a lot from my site. :-)Thanks.

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  5. tina

    November 15, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Hi Louise! I’m from Philippines & a great fan of yours. I love every idea, tips & everything that you shared. I’m new in baking (I only baked cakes for my relatives & friends)but by applying every thing that I’ve learned from you including recipes…gosh!..they think I’m expert! I made a cupcake tower for my 7yr.old daughter & they loved it. Thanks for your generosity. God Bless!

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  6. Louise

    September 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Phyllish: Yes I pour it over the cake balls. I would love to try the candy melts thing but I dont know what I did wrong when I tried because I could not get it any liquid and that was with Wiltons.

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  7. Phyllis

    September 23, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    Just beautiful! I usually use candy melts but I want to try the poured fondant – do you dip it the same or pour it over the cake balls? I’ve never used the poured fondant before.
    Thanks you.

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  8. Louise

    September 23, 2009 at 8:47 PM

    ann: well normally I take the scraps from a cake, blend them with some chocolate ganache or buttercream and roll them into bite sizes, chill and decorate.

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  9. ann

    September 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    Re: cake Bites I just want to make sure I’m understanding this correctly, you bake the cake first, then just grab the pieces and roll them up after wards, chill, decorate an dthen you’re finished? Is that right?

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  10. Janet

    June 9, 2008 at 6:04 PM

    Thanks Louise! I will give it another try.

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  11. Louise

    June 9, 2008 at 9:58 AM

    Hi Janet,

    My only idea is either to add some lemon flavour/lemon zest or use “real” chocolate instead of candy melts. I have not tried candy melts so I dont know how they taste.

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  12. Janet

    June 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM

    Hello Louise! Love your cake bites…way too cute. I tried making some last night…and covered them in melted chocolate (wilton chocolate melts) and found that they were VERY sweet. I used a red velvet cake mix and mixed it with a tub of cream cheese frosting… it was good…but very sweet.. any idea of what I can do to bring the sweetness down a bit? Thanks!

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  13. Louise

    May 8, 2008 at 9:51 PM

    be: I have found this for you: https://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/sunflower.cfm

    Try search for “push mold sunflower” on Google.

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  14. be

    May 7, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    Wanting to do small sunflower heads on cupcakes, any information on that? Pictures, what molds I would need & recipe for making them.
    Thank you. Your work is amazing 🙂

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  15. Louise

    May 6, 2008 at 8:38 AM

    Honey Cakes: It can be difficult to cover the cake bites in sprinkles when they are firm. Try use some sugar syrup on your hands and roll the bites so they get sticky and then roll them in the sprinkles.

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  16. Honey Cakes

    May 4, 2008 at 5:41 AM

    Hi Louise I made some of these on the weekend and they turned out great thanks to your great tutorial. But how did you get the sprinkles over the whole ball. I could only get mine on the top. Did you roll them in the sprinkles. I thought of doing that but thought it would get chocolate over the colour of the sprinkles. thank again for great website!

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  17. Louise

    May 3, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    Virginie: I would love to know how your cake bites turned out 😀

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  18. Virginie

    May 1, 2008 at 2:33 PM

    Finally I had enough scraps from a cake to make some cake bites 😀
    I’ve been wanting to try these for a while now, ’cause they really look charming.

    I’ve been an ardent lurker on your site for some time now. Just wanted to give a big thumbs up and wish you succes in continuing it!

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  19. Wanda Santana

    April 8, 2008 at 9:23 PM

    Hi, Louise! I’m new to your website and I enjoy your pictures and tips very much. You are quite an artist. I would like to address Marielba from Venezuela. I am from Puerto Rico and I’m wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing your recipe for trupas?

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  20. Louise

    April 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM

    Jenny: 😉 I have had the same problem once with my leaves (royal icing) But I learned that the RI needs to be soft peak, without beeing to soft. When you pipe your leaves pay attention to first pipe with pressure to make the “heart” then loosen up and softly pull back. That should ive you the pointed tip with out it breaking off.

    Try one day only to pipe leaves on a piece of parchment paper. It is a good learner:-)

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  21. Jenny

    April 6, 2008 at 6:34 PM

    Hey Louise! You always have such beautiful creations! I hate it! It makes me so jealous because all of your things look absolutely perfect! I’m so jealous! Is that buttercream or royal icing that you decorated the leaves with? Because whenever I use either of them, my leaves never have that beautiful solid point that you get with your leaves.. They always break off towards the end so I’m stuck with this odd looking leaf that looks half eaten by bugs!

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  22. Tash Jeffery

    April 6, 2008 at 1:57 AM

    These are beautiful! What a clever idea too! I can’t wait to try making some of these…..

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  23. melissa

    April 5, 2008 at 11:23 PM

    Ohh wow, thats good to know! Thanks so much. Yeah it really is a great idea. You can match things soo perfectly together. But i really love your pink color!! Im definitely trying these soon!! Thanks again!!

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  24. Heather

    April 5, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    They truly are beautiful. Just found your website this week, it is spectacular. So many great ideas! I can’t wait to try making the sprinkles. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  25. Louise

    April 5, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    Jess: Glad you liked them & Thank you.

    melissa: In the link from MS.com they use non-pareils, but I have also tried it with sprinkles/jimmies and sugar crystals it works just as good. As long as you use clear or white ones. I think yhis is so cool because it gives you a chance to co-ordinate with the design/color you are using.

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  26. melissa

    April 5, 2008 at 8:56 AM

    Those Cake bites are so adorable! I just had one question…i went and checked out that recipe for the sprinkles and i couldnt tell what kind of sprinkles they were using…Jimmies or non-pareils. I know yours looks like non-pareils, but i wasnt sure if this recipe works with both kinds of sprinkles or not. Either way, i cant wait to try some! You’ve inspired me! Soo pretty!!

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  27. Jess

    April 5, 2008 at 1:22 AM

    Louise … I just love the look and concept (and of course, the taste!!) of cake balls, and yours are some of the prettiest I’ve ever seen! So delicate and feminine. As you said, perfect for a tea party! Love your creativity! 🙂

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  28. Louise

    April 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM

    Small cookie & Paola Lazzari: Thank you:-)

    Sarah S: Do try to make them with buttercream they taste so good. I used some vanilla sugar syrup as well and that made them really moist.
    Have you tried candy melts? if you want to use “real” chocolate then temper it. Try and see this little video I found online: https://video.about.com/candy/How-to-Temper-Chocolate.htm

    DivaLicious Cakes: I will look forward to see your cake stand….

    Linda: Thank you:D I wonder what you will make next….

    Hendria, Amanda, Amy, Holly, Suzanne: thank you all for the lovely comments.

    Angela: Hmm no I am sorry I dont have an excact recipe for these. But I would say that if you use a 6″ cake and about 1/2 cup of buttercream (maybe more-maybe less) would give you around 25-30 cake bites depending on the size.

    Kathleen: You can find the recipe for poured fondant icing here: https://cakejournal.com/?p=59

    Yolanda: Thank you. I use most of my recipes from the cake books that I have or I often Google for one.

    My Sweet & Saucy & marielba: I am glad that you liked them:-)

    Landa: I used this great tip that I found on MS.com: https://cakejournal.com/?p=53

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  29. Landa

    April 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM

    They are so cute! How did you do the sprinkles?
    Yolanda

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  30. marielba

    April 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM

    HI Louise,
    You are so good doing all this beauty. I make something called trufas in Venezuela, made with cake scraps mixed with condensed milk, some liqueur and rolled into small bite sizes, decorated with chocolate sprinkles, peanuts, almond or sugar. Placed in paper cups.
    I so happy when I see your notes in my mail. I can´t wait to see what´s new. Greetings, Marielba Anzola

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  31. My Sweet & Saucy

    April 4, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    Those have to be the most beautiful cake balls I’ve ever seen!

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  32. Yolanda

    April 4, 2008 at 4:12 PM

    Your web site is wonderful. I dont know if you can teach us some recipe about cake, not sponge cake another cake a bit strong to cover with foundant paste.Thank you .
    Yolanda
    Rome-Italy

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  33. Kathleen

    April 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM

    Beautiful treats and would be good for tastings, I bet. Could you give me your poured fondant recipe?

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  34. angela

    April 4, 2008 at 3:28 PM

    do you have an actuall recipe for the cake balls? Yours looks so yummy and pretty

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  35. Suzanne

    April 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM

    Wow! You made them sound so simple, “cake bites” these are gorgeous creations! You are sooooo talented, thanks for sharing with us on you blog. I’ve learned so much 🙂
    Suzanne

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  36. Holly

    April 4, 2008 at 2:44 PM

    These look so adorable and sound like a wonderful idea!

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  37. Amy from NY~USA

    April 4, 2008 at 2:22 PM

    Wow! What a wonderful idea! I can’t wait to try this. And i like the idea that I can flavor them! Thanks again! hugs!

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  38. Amanda

    April 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM

    Wow! I am absolutely amazed that you can turn left overs in complete works of art! These are amazing!

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  39. Hendria

    April 4, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    wow… amazing… 🙂

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  40. Linda

    April 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM

    wow! theese look truly gorgeous! you could actuallt serve them as a treat/petit four on a wedding! really beautiful photography also!

    that got me so inspired! I want to bake!!!!

    hugs!

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  41. DivaLicious Cakes

    April 4, 2008 at 12:07 PM

    Hi Louise, wow that is a great idea. Whenever i have off cuts left from a cake i’v made my poor family get them as they are, but this is great, they will feel special with these. What a fab idea. well done.

    rx
    PS: made my cupcake stand yesterday, it looks great, even my husband was impressed. will email pic once i’v done the cakes to go on them!

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  42. Paola Lazzari

    April 4, 2008 at 11:06 AM

    Ciao, Louise!!! I’m writing from Rome, Italy. I look at your blog every day from last year. It is so interesting!! Here in Italy we don’t find cakes as yours, so I want know news about decorated cakes. If you need some italians recipes let me know!! Thank you for all. (Sorry for my terrible English)
    Paola

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  43. Sarah S

    April 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM

    These are beautiful. I’ve been wanting to make cake bites for ages, but all the American recipes I’ve seen use ‘coffee creamer’, which sounded a bit artificial for my liking. Pleased to see you can do it with buttercream.

    One question – if you use poured chocolate on the cake bites do you need to temper it first? I’ve had problems with chocolate going ‘bloomy’ and brittle when I’ve used it in poured projects.

    Thanks for a fantastic blog by the way!

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  44. Small cookie

    April 4, 2008 at 9:08 AM

    Wow this is a great idea. I usually throw mine away as I didn’t know what to do with it. Brilliant!

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