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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Cakes => Topic started by: cookie1 on November 30, 2009, 07:23:52 am

Title: Rum Balls
Post by: cookie1 on November 30, 2009, 07:23:52 am

Rum Balls

Ingredients
125g butter
220g sugar
50g cocoa
75g mixed fruit
1 teaspoon vanilla
75g coconut, plus extra for rolling
5 tablespoons powdered milk
2 tablespoons rum
1 tablespoon milk, if needed

Method
Blitz the sugar to make icing sugar and scrape the bowl down.
Combine all of the other ingredients except the extra milk and extra coconut and mixed fruit. Speed 4/5 for 20 seconds. If the mixture is too firm add the milk.
Add the mixed fruit, Reverse, speed 2 for 10 seconds.
If mixture is soft place in the fridge until it firms up.
Roll into balls and roll in extra coconut.
Refrigerate.

Tweaking
You can add any extra you like to these. eg cinnamon or ginger.

Members' comments

sue purrb - I misread the recipe and added the mixed fruit before it got whizzed up but I really liked the texture so would probably do it that way again. I also reduced the sugar to about 120g and was very liberal with the rum. They were delicious! 
I have also blitzed the zest of an orange with the sugar and used Cointreau instead of rum. I reduced the sugar again and again blitzed the fruit so they were almost smooth. I also rolled the balls in dark drinking chocolate powder instead of coconut. Now I can't decide which way I like them the best! 

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: I Love Bimby! on November 30, 2009, 07:47:22 am

Yum.Thanks Cookie. :-*

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: Thermomixer on November 30, 2009, 09:02:06 am

Thanks cookie1 - so simple with the TMX.  :-* :-* :-*

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: bron on November 30, 2009, 06:30:26 pm

Oh lovely cookie! When you say mixed fruit, do you mean dried fruit like raisins, apricots, prunes etc? As I have lots in my pantry at the moment! ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: Thermomixer on December 01, 2009, 12:02:50 am

In Australia mixed fruit is sold in packets with a mix of sultanas, raisins, currants, mixed peel and sometimes glace cherries.

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: cookie1 on December 01, 2009, 05:08:25 am

Thanks TMXer. Yes you can add any of those, even glace fruit would give a different flavour.

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: bron on December 01, 2009, 05:43:34 pm

Thanks Cookie & Thermomixer! Will give them a go at the weekend! We have a xmas party at the swimming club on Saturday, so these and chocolate truffles will be perfect to take along with a Banoffee Pie and am also going to try the Oreo cheesecake too!

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: cookie1 on December 02, 2009, 01:21:16 am

Can I come?

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: Thermomixer on December 02, 2009, 02:29:30 am

Don't think I'm quiet ready to fit into my mankini - even a huge tankini - getting ready for summer but don't wish to frighten anybody.  Maybe next year bron

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: faffa_70 on December 02, 2009, 03:03:34 am

*snort* ROFL

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: I Love Bimby! on December 02, 2009, 04:54:07 am

LMAO!!!

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: bron on December 02, 2009, 05:41:44 pm

 ;D ;D ;D Wish you were all here!

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: I Love Bimby! on December 02, 2009, 09:46:11 pm

We wish that too Bron!  :-* :-* :-*

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: Thermomixer on December 03, 2009, 01:22:55 am

Especially today  :o :o :o :o shocker of a day at work

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: sue_purrb on August 19, 2013, 07:05:20 am

I made these on the weekend to take to a friend's house.

I misread the recipe and added the mixed fruit before it got whizzed up, but I really liked the texture, so would probably do it that way again.

I also reduced the sugar to about 120g, and was very liberal with the rum. They were delicious!  :D

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: Ekusumo on August 19, 2013, 11:38:24 am

Hi cookie,
what kind of coconut do you use? Dessicated?

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: judydawn on August 19, 2013, 12:21:58 pm

Yes we use desiccated coconut Ekusumo.

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: cookie1 on August 23, 2013, 11:17:11 am

 :-* Judy.

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: charlieboy on September 04, 2013, 10:47:30 am

Yum sounds good :)

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: sue_purrb on September 05, 2013, 12:24:15 pm

I made these again last week.
I blitzed the zest of an orange with the sugar, and used Cointreau instead of rum. I reduced the sugar again, and again blitzed the fruit, so they were almost smooth.
I also rolled the balls in dark  drinking chocolate powder instead of coconut. Now I can't decide which way I like them the best!  ;D

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: cookie1 on September 05, 2013, 12:55:18 pm

This variation sounds lovely.

Title: Re: Rum Balls
Post by: goldfish on December 20, 2014, 02:39:03 am

Bumping!! :)