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Creamy Rum Balls

Creamy Rum Balls is a traditional Australian recipe for a classic Christmas sweet (candy) of cake crumbs in condensed milk, cocoa powder and rum shaped into balls and coated in coconut of chocolate sprinkles. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Australian version of: Creamy Rum Balls.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Makes:

35

Rating:

Tags : Vegetarian RecipesMilk RecipesCake RecipesAustralia Recipes

Here is a recipe for a truly classic Christmas sweet (candy). Indeed, rum balls and truffles of various kinds seem to be synonymous with Christmas. Tasty and easy to make these are a great Christmas treat and also make an ideal seasonal gift. This is also a great way of using-up leftover sponge cake. As well as cake crumbs, you can also use sweet biscuits like Marie biscuits, butter cookies or shortbread to prepare this recipe.

Ingredients:

220g sponge cake crumbs (madeira cake crumbs are excellent)
2 tbsp cocoa powder
60g whole milk powder
60g desiccated coconut
400ml condensed milk
3 tbsp dark rum
finely-shredded desiccated coconut, for rolling
chocolate sprinkles, for rolling

Method:

Crumb the sponge cake then turn into a bowl and mix with the cocoa powder, milk powder and desiccated coconut.

In a separate bowl, mix together the condensed milk and rum. Work the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients until the mixture comes together as a dough.

Take pieces of this dough and roll into balls. Roll the balls either in the coconut or in the chocolate sprinkles to coat (or use a mix).

Allow to try and serve. These also freeze well so that they can be prepared well ahead of Christmas.

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