Bruce’s Balls

Name: Bruce’s Balls
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30 g (1 oz) water; 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 50 g (1¾ oz) 55% dark chocolate, chopped up if in bar form; 25 g (1 oz) vegetable oil; 75 g (2¾ oz) 55% dark chocolate, chopped up if in bar form; 5 g (⅛ oz) sea salt; The tops from 3 Bruce sponges; 150 g (5½ oz) whole milk

Preparation info

Makes
12
Balls

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

GET BAKED

By Rich Myers

Published 2023

About

There’s no better way to utilise your leftover Bruce sponge than to turn it into the most magnificent cake truffle you’ve ever tasted.

Ingredients

For the chocolate crumble

30 g (1 oz) water
100 g (3½

Europe
United Kingdom
Leftovers
Vegetarian
Chocolate

Method

Start by making the chocolate crumble. Heat the water and sugar in a saucepan over a medium heat. Using a candy thermometer or temperature probe, take the sugar syrup to 130°C (270°F). Do not stir or do anything at all with the pan. Be careful because these are extremely high temperatures and if you think burning yourself on an oven is bad, wait until you do it with boiling sugar – it’s not fun