Cake Fudge

Okay, so this one is dedicated to my sister in law. We invented this scrumptious sweet when we were working on brownie lollipops for my niece’s birthday. See the link here for brownie lollipops on my blog.

After making enough lollipops for the kids, we had lots of leftover cake which we wanted to put to good use. Well, we could have ended up gorging on it any ways, but then thought why not share the fun! So we turned them into “Cake Fudge”, a barfi like sweet made of cake.

It became an instant hit with all the biggies, and even later I was complimented on how tasty this sweet was. So many people asked me what it was made of, no one can actually make out that its made of cake. It is a fabulous “sweet” snack to be made for parties, it is sure to be whipped away!

Makes about 20-25 pieces

Ingredients :

1. Any sort of cake – plain or chocolate. You can use your own recipe or you can refer to these links on my blog for eggless cake recipes.  Plain egg less cake:  http://wp.me/p2oNVt-A  .  Eggless orange cake  – http://wp.me/p2oNVt-10  You will need about 2 cups of crumbled cake.
2. Mascarpone cheese/Cream cheese – 2-3 tablespoons
3. Milk Chocolate (melted in a double boiler) – 1 1/2 cup
4. Chocolate sauce to drizzle.

Method :

1. Put the crushed cake in a big bowl and add some of the melted chocolate (start with a spoonful) and some of the mascarpone cheese to it, little by little, until you get a consistency which would easily bind in little balls.
2. Once you get the desired consistency, spread the mixture on a plate or tray. It should be at least an inch high when you spread it and try to smooth the sides so that the mixture forms a nice neat big square.
3. Let the mixture set for some time. You can put it in the fridge for some time to set.
4. Once the mixture is set and firm, cut it into desired sized squares, or even diamonds.
5. Drizzle chocolate sauce over each piece to decorate.

Tips:

1. For the chocolate sauce, you can either use ready made bottled sauce or even use the melted milk chocolate that will be used to put in the crumbled cake.
2. In the picture here, I have made two types of cake fudge, chocolate and vanilla. For the chocolate fudge, I used milk chocolate to bind, for the vanilla fudge, I used white chocolate to bind it.