No-Bake Cake Batter Truffles

elisebakes

I can’t tell you how many times I am tempted to leave out the eggs in a cookie recipe and just eat the dough.  No, I mean it; I can’t tell you because it would be impossible to count…it happens every time I make cookies.  These little cake batter truffles are perfect to satisfy that dough/batter craving!  Depending on what size you make them, you can get anywhere from 30-40 truffles.  I’ve used this recipe four or five times now; it’s perfect!

No-Bake Cake Batter Truffles (from Chef-in-Training)

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup yellow cake mix, dry
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 3-4 Tbsp milk
• 2 Tbsp sprinkles
• 16 oz white candy melts or vanilla chips

1. Beat butter and sugar until combined.
2. Add flour, cake mix, vanilla, and salt and beat until combined throughout.
3. Add milk by the tablespoon…

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

What’s better than food during christmas time? ❤

LondonEats

Last Christmas I got terribly ambitious and tried to make twelve different festive bakes as part of a self-imposed “Twelve Days of Baking” challenge. It was one of those things that seemed like a frankly amazing idea at the time, but with the passing of the days, it ended up in a bit of a baking binge in the kitchen, with all manner of treats being turned out at an alarming volume. I was getting through ground nuts at an fearsome rate and the oven was often on until the wee hours.

When I did this challenge last year, I asked myself whether I would be doing it again in 2012. Just for fun, let’s go back and look at what I wrote at the time:

My first instinct was “no” – I did not quite anticipate the volume of baked goods that would be coming out of the…

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