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Red Velvet and Green Velvet Cake Truffles

Super moist red velvet and green velvet cake crumbs are mixed with a cream cheese frosting to make cake truffles!
Course Dessert - cake
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 50 -60 cake truffles
Author Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

Ingredients

For cake:

  • 1 1/2 c. milk
  • 1 tbsp. white vinegar
  • 1 1/4 c. butter softened
  • 2 1/4 c. sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 3/4 c. flour
  • 1/3 c. cocoa
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • green and red food coloring or gel paste

For frosting:

  • 1 - 8 oz. package Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 c. butter softened
  • 4 c. powdered sugar approximately

For coating:

  • 3 - 4 oz. boxes Baker's white chocolate
  • 1 tbsp. shortening

Instructions

For cake:

  • In a small bowl, combine milk and vinegar. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs, and beat until well-combined. Mix in vanilla.
  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda.
  • Add dry ingredients to mixing bowl alternately with the sour milk (milk + vinegar mixture). Beat until just combined.
  • Divide cake batter evenly between 2 bowls. Color one portion with red food coloring, and one portion with green food coloring. For me, this required about 1 tsp. of gel paste for each color.
  • Pour each batter individually into a greased 8-inch round cake pan (red goes into one pan, green into a second pan).
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Cool completely. Meanwhile, prepare frosting.

For frosting:

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and butter. Beat until smooth.
  • Add powdered sugar until frosting is desired consistency. For me, this was about 4 cups.

To assemble cake truffles:

  • Crumble the cooled red velvet cake into a large bowl. Add about 1 c. frosting to the cake crumbs and mix until thoroughly combined. Gradually add more frosting, as needed, until dough easily forms into balls, but not so much that it's sticky. About 1 c. worked perfectly!
  • Repeat process with the green velvet cake.
  • Using a spoon or small scoop, roll the cake into 1-inch balls (approximately).
  • Set cake balls onto a foil-lined baking sheet. You can choose to roll red velvet separately, green velvet separately, or you can mix a little of both colors together, as you form each ball.
  • Refrigerate cake balls for at least 1 hour.

For coating:

  • In a large saucepan on low heat, melt white chocolate and shortening together. Whisk gently until smooth.
  • To dip the cake balls, insert a toothpick in the top of a ball. Dunk the cake ball into the white chocolate, or use a spoon to ladle white chocolate over the cake ball as you hold it by the toothpick. Tap it on the edge of the pan to remove excess chocolate.
  • Carefully set it back on the foil-lined baking sheet, and twist the toothpick out of the top.
  • Repeat until all cake truffles are dipped, and decorate with sprinkles or edible glitter. Allow to chill in the refrigerator. Enjoy!