What To Make When a Cake Falls Apart (Easy Cake Balls!)
Did your chocolate cake fall apart? Do you have peanut butter in the cabinet? Then you can put them together to make these delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Balls! This recipe is easy to make and a life saver for cake disasters!
Servings 24
Ingredients
For the Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 cup creamy or crunchy Peanut Butter
- 2 cups powdered confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Extra
- Shredded Coconut
- Powdered Sugar
- Sprinkles
- Crushed Nuts
Instructions
- Beat melted butter and peanut butter in a bowl until fully mixed well and creamy.
- Gradually mix in sugar and once thick, add milk in.
- Continue beating for about 2 minutes until very creamy.
To make the cake balls:
- Drop your failed cakes into a large bowl. Crush with your hands or spoon to crumble the cake into small pieces.
- Add frosting into the bowl. Stir with spoon.
- Using your hands form tablespoon sized balls and place on wax paper cookie sheet. Continue doing this until all the cake mixture is gone.
- Put in refrigerator for 45 minutes.
- Remove from the fridge and roll balls into your choice of shredded coconut, powdered sugar, sprinkles or crushed nuts.
- Place back on wax paper cookie sheet and refrigerate for 1 more hour.
- Eat! Or throw in a freezer bag and freeze for a quick sweet snack!
Notes
You can use any flavor of cake for this recipe — chocolate, vanilla, marble, yellow, funfetti, or even leftover cupcakes. Chocolate cake gives a rich, deep flavor, while vanilla keeps things lighter and lets the peanut butter shine. As long as the cake is baked and crumbled (on purpose or from a baking disaster!), it can be turned into delicious, no-waste cake balls. This recipe will rescue any broken cake.