Dulce de Leche Cake Pops ~ All pretty in pink these bite size cakes on a stick are a fun and delicious Valentine’s dessert. I’m definitely a cute food consumer, so yes, but I hate to say this, I’m not a cake pop consumer.
Dulce de Leche Cake Pops
Everyone knows I love cake. If it was a major food group, I would be the poster child for health and wellness. I like my cake anyway, dressed up, dressed down, with or without frosting, on plate, in a cupcake liner –it doesn’t matter. But I’m going to have to give the cake pop a big pass. The idea of binding cake crumbs with gobs of frosting and rolling it into a ball turns a tender crumb into a round mass of gumminess.
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Irish Cake Bombs – Irish Car Bombs reanimated into a sweet three layer cakeball affair. How many ways can you say—YUM?!
Irish Cake Bombs
My ode to St. Patrick’s Day comes by way of a cake ball. Yes, that’s right folks, think Irish Jameson Whiskey Ball, covered in a Baileys Cheesecake layer and encasing those two layers is a deliciously flavorful Chocolate Guinness Cake. Take that trifecta and dip it in some dark chocolate and you have a bite size bit of heavenliness.
I’ve created two versions of this recipe: The Purist and The Cheat.
What are “Cheats”? According to the eight-year-old of our house, “Cheats” are cheat codes, cheat sheets and cheat tricks to help gaming enthusiast beat the clock and advance quickly from level to level in any video game. Parlaying that into the adult world where time is a commodity, I have adopted that term.
Below is a table of the two versions and their assembled components. I’ve broken down the layers from the outside working in, mix and match as you need or just stay linear either way both recipes work well.
| The Purist | The Cheat |
| Guinness Bundt Cake | Box Chocolate Cake Mix w/ Guinness |
| Whiskey Ganache | Whiskey Ball |
| No bake cheesecake w/Baileys | No Bake Cheesecake w/ Baileys |
If you are having a difficult time deciding which one to choose, let me say both are deliciously good. The biggest difference is texture.
The denser cake crumb of The Purist coupled with the ganache makes for a nice smooth melting on the tongue, like a time release of sorts- unhurried and hitting all the sweet spots just right.
The light crumbly nature of The Cheat submits upon contact, leaving less time for savoring. But being that you won’t be doing a head-to-head tasting like I did, you can take comfort in making The Cheat. Your guests won’t be the wiser and you can still be the star of the moment. » Read the rest of this entry «
