These cake balls are so fun for Earth Day! I made my paleo vanilla cake, mixed it together with sweet cream icing, added dye and rolled into balls!
Earth Day Cake Balls Ingredients & Accessories
Eggs: These are best at room temperature. If you need to bring them to room temperature quickly, you can place them in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for 5-10 minutes, or until they are no longer cool to the touch.
Maple syrup: Make sure you’re using real maple syrup!
Vanilla: I always recommend pure vanilla extract
Coconut oil: I typically use unrefined coconut oil, but if you really do not like coconut, refined coconut oil does not have a coconut flavor. If you have a coconut allergy, feel free to replace with grass-fed butter.
Natural blue and green food dye: I used blue spirulina and green spirulina for the dye.
Dark chocolate: I prefer dark chocolate, but feel free to use whichever chocolate you enjoy!
Earth Day Cake Ball Storage Tips
I recommend storing the cake balls in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Then I would let the dessert sit out for about 10 minutes before serving.
Earth Day Cake Balls
Ingredients
Paleo Vanilla Cake Ingredients:
- 6 eggs room temperature
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 1/3 cup coconut cream (the thick part at the top of a can of chilled coconut milk) melted
- 2/3 cup raw honey
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Sweet Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 3 tbsp butter melted
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Other Ingredients
- natural green and blue dye
- 1 cup dark chocolate melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly grease 2 round or square pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
- Blend together the eggs, vanilla, coconut oil, coconut cream, and honey until smooth. Add in the flour and baking powder and mix together.
- Divide the batter evenly between the 2 pans. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. While baking, blend together the icing ingredients.
- Once cakes have cooled, add the cake from each pan to a separate bowl. Use a fork (or your hands) to break the cake apart. Add half of the icing to each bowl and mix together. Add green dye to one bowl and blue dye to the other bowl and mix. Add more dye to get desired hue.
- Combine about 1 1/2 tsp of each color together and roll into a ball to get a globe. Once all of the balls have been made, place in the fridge for 10 minutes to firm.
- Dip the balls in melted chocolate, and use a fork to carefully place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Add sprinkles, if desired. Refrigerate for 10 minutes to set and then enjoy!
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