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    You are here: Home / Ingredients / What Can You Do With Leftover Cake?

    What Can You Do With Leftover Cake?

    Jan 24, 2011 · 8 Comments

    What can you do with leftover cake? Plenty! Read on for a list of suggestions and don't throw those cake scraps away!Cake Scraps: What can you do with leftover cake?
    Cake scraps are what I call pieces of cake left over from trimming and carving a cake. Don't ever toss them. Instead, recycle them into something delicious.

    I like to cut them up into cubes and  freeze them in a Ziploc bag. Then I get to take whatever amount of cake I want, warm it a little in the microwave and  toss into my ice cream for an indulgent treat anytime!

    The above was last night's indulgence into a warm chocolate cake sundae with fudge sauce, Java chip ice cream, a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkle of cocoa nibs. It's an easy treat for entertaining last minute guests as well!

    Here are some other great ideas for using up your cake scraps:

    1. Make cake pops. Cake pops are crumbled up cake mixed with buttercream and shaped into a ball. The cake ball is then coated with candy melts.
    2. Make rum balls...sweet chewy no bake cookies.
    3. Add it to a milk shake because why not?
    4. Cut it up and make a trifle dessert.

    Have another idea? Leave a comment below!

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    1. Kulsum at JourneyKitchen says

      January 24, 2011 at 10:05 am

      Normally I end up eating most of it unless I'm forced to save it up for trifle or when I have some ice cream in the freezer I mix it the ice cream but one my fav ways lately is to cut them into small cubes and dip them in dark choc fondue! Ah! The pleasure!

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    2. naomi says

      January 24, 2011 at 1:23 pm

      I love cake scraps. I end up eating them with just coffee or tea, but I also really love them with ice cream as well!

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    3. Paula says

      January 24, 2011 at 2:47 pm

      Now this a delicious recycling idea that is really going to catch on!

      Reply
    4. Sheetal Ghelani says

      January 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm

      Thank you for posting this...believe it or not, just seeing that ice cream sundae totally made my day. I may have to make and decorate a cake just so I have scraps leftover!

      Reply
    5. Beauty & the Feast says

      January 25, 2011 at 7:35 pm

      This looks decadent and evil and amazing and I WANT IT.

      P.S. cake scrap rum balls...great idea!!

      Reply
    6. Jyostna says

      February 14, 2016 at 10:25 am

      hello! i like creme brulee very much :)and i made it boefre but it wasnt very successful becoz it was not as creamy as those i ate in cafe or in paris. it was more like a pudding.is that because i use milk instead of cream, or is there other reason?thank you :)(you can reply me in chinese haha :D )

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