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Date, Orange & Cherry Christmas Balls

Here's how you make Date, Orange & Cherry Christmas Balls
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  • Servings: 26
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 0m
  • The following recipe serves 26 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 250 grams dried dates
  • Madeira cake (roughly chopped, 200 gram cake)
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut (plus extra for coating)
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons rum essence
  • 2 teaspoons orange zest, finely grated
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 30 grams glace cherries (halved 13 cherries, 1/3 cup)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Place dates, cake, coconut, cocoa, essence, orange zest and juice in a food processor and process until mixture is well combined.

  • Step 2: Measure tablespoons of mixture onto a tray and place half a cherry in the middle of each portion and roll into a ball.

  • Step 3: Coat balls in extra coconut.


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