If you still dont know what to make for Valentines Day, then how about making some sweet and delicious cake bite treats? I have made these pretty Valentine cake bites today.
I had some chocolate cake from the Pingu Christening cake in my freezer. Together with some chocolate ganache I rolled the crumbled cake into bite size treats. Remember when you make the cake bites, not to make them too big.
I could have used a chocolate coating on the cake bites but I just love the look of poured fondant icing on cakes. Poured fondant icing is time consuming to work with. So make sure that you dont rush while making them.
When I cover cake bites with poured fondant icing I prefer to use the same method as when I cover Petit Fours. Remember to give the fondant icing more color when you use a dark cake and less color (if you like) for “white” cake. I used a pink pale color and it barely shows on the photos. Next time I will remember to give it more color.
I piped a royal icing “swirl” and placed a pink gum paste heart on top. I used lustre dust on the hearts aswell for extra shimmer.
Happy Caking!
Louise
im still learning how to do simple things =) how did you make the cakes rounded??? and tried the icing and found it quite easy =) this website is so pretty with lovely recipes thank you
I just rolled the cake mix into a ball 🙂
It looks amazing 🙂
they are so lovely and cute! I can’t stop watching those cakes without salivating. 🙂
They are sooo beautiful 🙂
These are so cute. I love the colors you used.
They look amazing and elegant! Nice job!!
Muy lindo ,hermoso
So beautiful! Great photos! Plus the recipe looks divine. We’d love for you to share your recipe at dishfolio.com!
What a wonderful sweets, but above all photos, as usually!!
sweet and yummy.
They look perfect! Love the pastel colours ♥
I know, but unfortunately that’s too late. They are all gone 😉
muy bellos
Beautiful Louise! How long do these take to make?
The small cake bites do not take long to do. It’s the covering with the poured fondant that takes long time. It’s great if you have a small wire rack with a tray underneath to collect the excess PF. I give mine two coatings of poured fondant so a lot of poured fondant is needed. I had to scrape the excess PF back into the bowl, because I was short on PF. So it did take more time than normal. Because you can’t cover all in one go.
Beautiful! If I don’t have time to do the time consuming fondant, can you please suggest how else I can cover it and still keep the royal icing “swirl” to make it look beautiful? thanks
You can dip them in colored chocolate like Merkens or candy melts. You can see here how I do it with some marzipan Christmas treats: https://cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-marzipan-christmas-bites
I am having trouble getting the right proportion of cake to ganache/frosting correct. Either they are too dry and won’t hold together or to wet. Is there a precise formula to make the cake balls?
Maybe there are, but to be honest I just take the amount of cake that I need and then add the ganache/frosting until it has the consistency I like. Have you looked at Bakerella’s
site? I’m sure that she have something on how much of each you would need.
Those are adorable! And they look delicious too. I really have to try to make cake bites.
These are some of the most beautiful cake bites I’ve ever seen!
so lovely.. love them.. <3
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ahhhh….my daily dose of inspiration…I just love your posts and what you create. It seriously always makes me happy and feel like I just “might” be able to make my own beautiful little confections. Many, many thanks!
They look great! When doing these I have always used the confectioners coating or chocolate. How does the poured fondant set (I have never used it and am wondering if it hardens like the chocolate or is it soft like fondant). Kinda new to these cake bites/cake balls/cake truffles lol as they are just getting popular here with brides in Canada. I’ve never had requests for them before and now I have 4 brides booked to do them lol. Having a bit of a hard time getting the outside as smooth as I would like. Any suggestions you have would help. Thanks
Julie
It’s like a soft glaze. But with a dry surface.
So cute! I think that the colour is perfect like that!
ciao
Alessandra
They’re adorable! I wish I had some cake leftovers 🙂 We always eat everything! lol.