Date, Orange & Cherry Christmas Balls
Created by ImPat on April 6, 2017
- Servings: 26
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 0m
- Recipe #25888
Ingredients
- 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)
How to Make
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Step 1: Place dates, cake, coconut, cocoa, essence, orange zest and juice in a food processor and process until mixture is well combined.
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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.
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Step 3: Coat balls in extra coconut.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (15.4 g)
- Calories 78
- Total Fat - 7.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0.1 mg
- Sodium - 3.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 2.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 0.4 g
- Protein - 1.5 g
- Calcium - 9 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg