How to turn cupcakes into truffles

Learn how to turn cupcakes into truffles – four different flavours for any taste. Perfect for a snack with a cup of coffee or elegant dessert. Great way to use dry cupcakes.

I am going to say something that will most likely shock people – I don’t really love cupcakes! Well, this is not entirely true. I love the cake part of the cupcakes but not the cup frosting part of the cupcakes.

In fact, I don’t like icing/frosting in regular cakes either. Unless it’s cream cheese frosting but then it has to be cream cheese based and without butter. It’s the buttercream that doesn’t appeal to me at all. Am I crazy? Am I the only one?

Besides blogging about food I also do food photography. Recently I ended up with 72 (yes, you read it right) cupcakes!

I gave some away. I froze some. I sent a package to work with my hubby. I still had a dozen left. It is actually pretty difficult to distribute 72 cupcakes!

I remembered that one of my favourite part of the Chocolate Kefir Cake is actually the little truffles on top. Whenever I make cakes that need to be levelled, I always save the crumbs. Sometimes I use them right away and sometimes I freeze them just to make cake truffles later.

So, why not make Truffles out of that dozen Cupcakes? Read below how to turn cupcakes into truffles, four kinds of truffles!

Why turn cupcakes into truffles?

For one, you won’t be using all the frosting. It’s always a plus in my book. And although it won’t make the resulting truffles healthy but at least they’ll be healthier than the cupcakes.

Also, learning how to turn cupcakes into truffles means that you can enjoy cupcakes that are a little bit more stale or a few days old or just dryer than you’d like. Which is great for reducing food waste!

Truffles are fun to eat and they are cute enough to serve to adults at a dinner party. Also, they are perfect snacking size for a cup of coffee.

Truffles of Cake pops? That is the question

I like calling these little balls of deliciousness truffles but technically they are the same as cake pops. You can turn then into proper cake pops by adding a stick and freezing them to firm up.

How to turn cupcakes into truffles

It is essentially just a few steps with a few variations in flavourings.

• Remove all the icing from the cupcakes and reserve it (you will not use all of it but you will use some)
• Crumble all the cake part (you can use a food processor to do so but a good old fork works fine also)
• Mix in the cake crumbs with your flavourings and a bit of icing
• Chill in the fridge
• Shape into truffles
• Optionally roll in cocoa powder, icing sugar or nuts

If you are still not convinced and think that it takes a lot of time, watch this video below to see how to turn cupcakes into truffles in just a few minutes! It’s really easy and you can choose different flavours based on your preferences. Here I show you how to turn cupcakes into not one, not two, not even three but four different truffles:

1. Peanut Butter Cupcake Truffles
2. Bailey’s Cream Cupcake Truffles
3. Banana and Pecan Cupcake Truffles
4. Rum Raisin Cupcake Truffles.

More Truffle Flavour ideas:

• Orange Truffles – mix in a few teaspoons of freshly-squeezed orange juice and orange zest
• Candy Cane Truffles – mix in a few drops of peppermint extract and crushed candy canes
• Raspberry Truffles – mix in freeze dried raspberries and raspberry syrup

Do you have more flavour suggestions? I’d love to hear about your ideas for even more cupcake truffles!

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How to turn cupcakes into truffles

Learn how to turn cupcakes into truffles - four different flavours for any taste. Perfect for a snack with a cup of coffee or elegant dessert. Great way to use dry cupcakes | Imagelicious

Course Dessert

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 40 truffles

Author Julia

Ingredients

• 12 chocolate cupcakes

Rum Raisin Cupcake Truffles

• 1/8 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 1 teaspoon cupcake frosting
• icing sugar for rolling

Banana and Pecan Cupcake Truffles

• 1/2 banana
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon cupcake frosting
• 10 pecan halves

Peanut Butter Cupcake Truffles

• 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter powder (use cocoa powder if can't find PB powder)
• 1 teaspoon cupcake frosting
• chopped peanuts for rolling

Bailey's Cream Cupcake Truffles

• 2 tablespoons Bailey's Cream Liquor
• 1 teaspoon cupcake frosting
• cocoa powder for rolling

Instructions

• Scrape frosting from cupcakes.
• Save a little bit of frosting and discard the rest.
• Using a fork break the cake part of the cupcakes into fine crumbs. Split evenly between 4 bowls.
• You'll need 3 cupcakes for each kind of truffles.

Rum Raisin Cupcake Truffles

• Soak raisins in 1/4 cup boiling water for a few minutes until raisins are soft and plump. 
• Drain the water and add rum to raisins.
• Add rum-raisin mixture to cupcake crumbs.
• Add a spoon of frosting.
• Mix really well and chill in the fridge for 5-10 minutes while you are making other cupcake truffles.
• Once the mixture is chilled, roll into walnut size balls. About 9-10 truffles. Roll each in icing sugar.

Banana and Pecan Cupcake Truffles

• Mash half a banana with a fork really well.
• Add cupcake crumbs, cocoa powder, frosting and mix well.
• Freeze for about 10 minutes while you are making other cupcake truffles.
• Once the mixture firms up a bit, roll into walnut size balls and stuff each with a pecan half. Will make about 9-10 truffles.
• These Banana and Pecan Cupcake Truffles are quite soft due to banana, so they'll be a bit messy to make. You can freeze the mixture for longer or use gloves when rolling.

Peanut Butter Cupcake Truffles

• Add peanut butter and dry peanut butter powder to cupcake crumbs. Use cocoa powder if you don't have dry peanut butter.
• Add frosting.
• Mix well.
• Roll into walnut size balls. Roll each truffle in crushed peanuts. Makes about 9-10 truffles.

Bailey's Cream Cupcake Truffles

• Add Bailey's Cream Liquor to cupcake crumbs and mix well.
• Add frosting and mix.
• Roll the mixture into walnut size truffles. Roll each in cocoa powder. Makes about 9-10 truffles.
• Keep all truffles in the fridge covered. Will keep for about 3-4 days.

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Notes

Banana and Pecan Cupcake Truffles are the most soft so you may want to add more cocoa powder if you like firmer truffles or keep them in the freezer.

 

Rum Raising Cupcake Truffles also have more liquid so the mixture needs to be chilled before rolling.

 

Peanut Butter and Bailey's Cupcake Truffles mixtures are firm enough that they don't need to be chilled before rolling.

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