cake like truffles?

Question

I once had a truffle and it was cake like and had nut & raisins. It was better for me, can anybody help me with a receipe?

Answer 1

The fillings to truffles are generally chocolate, butter, and heavy whipping cream. Sometimes there are additions such as liquors, nuts, and raisins to give them added flavor. I haven't heard of a "cake like" truffle, but I'm wondering if you had something that had cookie crumbs, truffle filling and nuts and raisins.

Answer 2

Maybe it was a petit four?

Petit fours are small layers layers of cake that can be coated in glaze [or not] and filled with just about any type of filling you wish.

There are several different types:

- Petits fours glacés, the most commonly known type. They are any of various tiny iced cakes (usually Pound or Sponge cake) sandwiched with preserves, ganache, or buttercream. They are then cut into shapes, such as diamonds, rounds, ovals, triangles, or hearts, but square is the norm.

Afterwards, each filled cake shape is then glazed or frosted and decorated individually. A Poured Fondant is the traditional glazing, but Chocolate Ganache Glaze can be used as well as a poured icing. When set, delicate or elaborate decorations are placed on top!

- Petits fours secs are delicate cookies often sandwiched with preserves, ganache or praline paste.

- Petits fours frais are miniature pastries like fruit tarts, cream puffs or éclairs that are filled either with pastry cream or buttercream. They can also be made from marzipan which colored and shaped to resemble miniature fruits or from a variety of chocolate truffles.

Answer 3

If it isn't petit fours. There are cake balls or cake truffles that are made from leftover cake scraps. Go to cakecentral.com for a recipe.