Chocolate Rum Truffles
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1 hour 40 min
This recipe will show you how to make two types of truffles. A white chocolate rum truffle, coated in toasted coconut and a dark chocolate rum truffle, coated in grated chocolate.
Maria
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Ingredients
Makes: 50 truffles
- 200g light sponge cake, finely diced
- 4 tablespoons dark rum (54% alcohol)
- 125ml orange juice
- 60g butter
- 30g icing sugar
- 4 drops rum essence
- 100g dark chocolate, finely chopped
- 100g white chocolate, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons oil
- To Decorate
- 100g grated chocolate or chocolate strands
- 75g desiccated coconut
Method
Prep:45min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:45min chilling ›
Ready in:1hr40min
- Soak sponge cake in rum and orange juice. Let soak for a while.
- Beat butter, icing sugar and rum essence until fluffy, then mix in soaked sponge. Split the mixture in half and place into two bowls.
- Melt the two types of chocolate separately in a double boiler. Mix the white chocolate with half of the sponge mixture and the dark chocolate with the other half. Chill for 45 minutes.
- Toast desiccated coconut in a dry pan. Set aside.
- Form 25 balls from each chocolate mixture. Roll dark chocolate truffles in grated chocolate. Roll white chocolate truffles in coconut.
