Dessert for 24
Cake Batter Truffles
These no-bake truffles mix heat-treated flour, cake mix, butter, sugar, and sprinkles before dipping in vanilla coating.
Typical price
$1.50for 4 servings
$0.38 per serving$1.50 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
- 20 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 24servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cake, pancake and baking mixes$0.18/oz typical | 5 oz | $0.90Typical price |
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 4 oz | $1.60Typical price |
| Milk$0.04/oz typical | 1.75 oz | $0.07Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $9.00 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
FlourSugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 3 1/2 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp sprinkles
- 16 oz almond bark or vanilla flavored coating
- 4 tbsp yellow cake mix
- sprinkles
Steps
- Microwave the flour in a bowl for 1 minute, stir, and continue in 15-second bursts until it reaches 160 F.
- Microwave the cake mix in a separate bowl until it reaches 160 F, then cool both mixtures for 3 minutes.
- Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
- Stir in the flour, cake mix, and milk, then fold in the sprinkles.
- Roll the mixture into 24 balls and chill them for 3 minutes.
- Melt the almond bark in 20-second microwave bursts, stirring between each burst.
- Dip the balls in the coating and top them with sprinkles.
Swaps
- Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
- Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
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