Leftover Cake?

When I make cakes for birthdays and other celebrations, I usually cut the tops off before I frost them. This is called leveling. Leveling evens out the cake layers and makes frosting and decorating easier. They also look better.

Leveling leaves me with scraps of cake. What to do with them?

Here is one way to use up the leftover bits of cake, and it also uses up any extra frosting too. I got the idea from this site http://www.bakerella.com/

I took the leftover pieces of cake and crumbled it up. Then I added some frosting and mixed it up a bit. I shaped the cake into balls. They kind of look like meatballs here, but it is actually banana cake. I promise!




I coated a mold with melted chocolate and placed a cake ball into each cup.

After the chocolate was set, I popped them out and dipped the tops into melted white chocolate. Can't forget the sprinkles!!

For the next batch, I tinted the white chocolate. More sprinkles!!

So much fun! And no more wasted cake!!