Bloody eyeball cake balls make a fun tasty treat for Halloween. They're easy to make & look the part for the spooky holiday.
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Halloween is special for two reasons in our house. The first is the more traditional reason that you get to dress up and make spooky food and eat lots of lollies (candy) but this year the traditional reason is even more exciting.
For the first time ever, I'm living somewhere where I just might get trick-or-treaters. I grew up in a house up a very long driveway that no one was ever brave enough to venture up and then Will and I lived in a unit for 5 years.
Now we're in a house and our front door is visible from the road so I can make it very hauntingly welcoming.
What's the other reason? It's a very special day because it's also my lovely husband's Birthday. You might remember a few years ago we had a Halloween party to celebrate. I'm sure in another couple of years he'll let me do it again because I have so many new ideas for spooktacular food and decorations.
I am a bit of a big kid when it comes to novelty food. I can't get enough. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, any excuse will do but when I saw that JJ from 84th & 3rd chose Halloween as the theme for this month's Sweet Adventures Blog Hop I was seriously excited.
I'll make an admission. I was so excited about the ghoulish day that I made my recipes two weeks ago.
I thought that my hazelnut witches cupcakes would be perfect until I saw that JJ had suggested our cupcakes don witches hats. I swear I'd already made them but I couldn't look like I'd stolen her idea (I'll still post them next week though they were really good).
Never mind, I had another - bloody eyeball cake balls. These are a seriously easy treat to make and would be great to pop into the buckets of little trick-or-treaters, perhaps after wrapping them individually.
The recipe isn't so much a recipe as a guide. You can use any sort of cake that you have left over. I always pop the trimmings in the freezer whenever I have to cut the top off a cake so mine were almond pound cake.
You can make them quite a while in advance too, the white chocolate shells seems to preserve them well. So go on, whip up some eyeballs. You know you want to!
What about you? Do you celebrate Halloween? Are you one to welcome trick-or-treaters or do you turn off all the lights and pretend you're not home?
If you need any more Halloween inspiration, check out the other treacherous treats in the hop below.
Recipe
Bloody eyeball cake balls
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Left over white cake
- 30 g White chocolate
- Red and black writing icing
Instructions
- Crumble the cake into a bowl.
- In another bowl, melt the white chocolate.
- Drizzle some melted chocolate into the crumbled cake and stir it in.
- Squeeze some cake in your hand. If it stays as one blob then you're ready to shape into balls. Otherwise, add a little more white chocolate until the mixture holds its shape.
- Using about a tablespoon of mixture at a time, shape it into tight balls and place on a baking paper lined plate.
- Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Melt some more white chocolate.
- Use a fork to dip the cake balls in the white chocolate, shake off any excess chocolate and place them on another plate lined with baking paper.
- Refrigerate until the chocolate has set.
- Pipe the pupil and blood onto the cake balls and leave them to set.
Nic says
These look great, I bet they taste yummy too! I'm afraid I'm one of those that hide behind the curtains and pretend I haven't heard the doorbell! Thankfully my steep driveway deters most though!
Claire says
Ahaha well there's nothing wrong with that. Who knows, I might change my mind after this year.
Stephanie - The Dessert Spoon says
So cute and such a great idea! I have a stash of left over pound cake in the freezer (trimmings from a giraffe cake) that I haven't quite known what to do with (since I don't like trifle). Problem solved!
Claire says
That's perfect Stephanie!
Monica @ Gastromony says
I happen to have some leftover vanilla cake in the freezer :) This is a fun way to use it up.
Claire says
Perfect Monica!
celia says
Claire, you're so creative! Those look positively ghoulish! :) Happy birthday Will!
Claire says
Thanks Celia!
The Life of Clare says
I love these but I have to say, I'm not a fan of Halloween. Bummer I know.
Claire says
I'll forgive you!
Lisa the Gourmet Wog says
ghastly!! I love it!! xx
Claire says
Thanks Lisa!
My Kitchen Stories says
These are the best Claire and a great original idea. I am a bit partial to witches myself ...so look forward to seeing yours
Claire says
I loved your outfit at Lorraine's party!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
Very cute! I have so much red velvet cake leftover I should really make some :P
Claire says
Red velvet would be perfect! Carry on the blood theme!
Hotly Spiced says
These look really good, Claire, and are perfect for Halloween. You're very creative. I live in a street where once upon a time it was full of houses with families being raised. Then the Council decided to change the zoning so that it became permissible to have two dwellings on the one block. One by one as each property has come on the market they've been sold to developers who have bulldozed the large federation homes and they've been replaced with two apartments that take up every inch of the block with lots of concrete and underground parking and security cameras and security entrances so no, there won't be any trick or treaters coming down this street - they wouldn't be able to work out how to get through the gate - wouldn't it be great if we could turn back time! xx
Claire says
That's so sad Charlie! I hope that never happens in our area. We're in a dead end so we could end up with heaps or none. Let's hope it's heaps. I better stock up! x
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I'm from the land of trick or treaters and with my long black hair I was a perfect witch. My mother would help me paint my face and hands green and I had long flowing black robes. It was the best!
I would have LOVED getting these eyeballs :)
Claire says
Ooh do you have any photos?
Barbara Bamber | justasmidgen says
Those are awesome! You will love all the trick or treaters that come to your home. It's the best, especially the little ones on their first Hallowe'en!
Claire says
I can't wait!
JJ @ 84thand3rd says
Oh my goodness I can't believe you made another creation - I got all those ideas from Pinterest! Can't wait to see the witches hat cupcakes ;D All the treats in the birthday Halloween celebration are so great! Thanks for joining xx
Claire says
I may have already made them ;-) Told you I tend to get a little carried away with these things. Thanks for hosting! x