Week 18- Orange and Chocolate Cake Balls

Okay so this recipe was sort of a combination of a bunch of different ideas.

First of all, I had a Christmas get together for colleagues from work seven months ago now - one of my colleagues brought a dessert made by his wife - cake balls! They were awesome...

So I did some research and found all the info I needed to know at this article written by a Dallas newspaper. http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/food/latest-recipes/20100614-bite-size-cake-balls-are-popular-new-treat-with-home-cooks-bakeries.ece

However, the recipes at this website called for box cake...which the blog is supposed to be everything from scratch so....
I was on the hunt.

I found a cake recipe in my Fannie Farmer cookbook, one of the cookbooks from my stepdad.  It is so tattered now from all its use, I might have to buy another one!

Anyway, I decided to make Princton Baltimore Cake with orange frosting and chocolate coating.

So the recipe for Princton Baltimore Cake

1 large orange
1/4 lb butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs separated
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsps baking powder

Oven at 350. Butter and flour two round cake pans.  Grate the rind of the orange, cream the butter and add the sugar, beating until light.  Add the egg yolks, orange juice, and orange rind and beat well.  MIx the flour, cornstarch, salt and baking powder, stir into the first mixture and blend until smooth.  Beat the egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff but not dry.  Gently stir a third of the eggs whites into the first mixture, then fold in the remaining whites.  Spread the batter ni the pans and bake for 30-40 ,minutes. 

I then whipped up some frosting with confectioners sugar and orange juice.  And combined the cake and frosting.  It was a yummy combo...

I then had to make little balls and freeze it for at least six hours.

I think because I made my cake from scratch, the ratio of cake to frosting was a bit off.  so the balls had trouble sticking together but I just froze them longer.

Once I put the chocolate on, they were tasty....

I gave them to my staff for our recent staff meeting - they were a hit! But I would bet the boxed kind are just as good...

Happy Baking - They are fun to decorate too for holidays!