Ever since I visited Momofuku Milk Bar Midtown in New York City, I’ve been dreaming of their birthday cake truffles. Searching the internet for a copycat recipe. Dreaming. Searching. Dreaming. Searching. You get the picture. They were that addictive for me. Not enough to hop in the car, then onto a train, and travel over 2 hours just to have a few–but enough to occupy my thoughts often.
These aren’t them, but they’re getting closer.
I discovered the cake batter cookie dough (and cake batter cookie dough truffles) on Willow Bird Baking, a site with delectable treats and gorgeous photography. Actually, I really should be working on my cheesecake for her challenge, but instead, these caught my eye and I had to see if they could recapture the essence of the object of my obsession.
They don’t claim to be a copycat and they’re not. But there is a sense of them being more than cookie dough there and perhaps with a bit of tweaking, they could be “the one” that will fulfill my cravings when Momofuku is an impossibility. I did find that rolling the cookie dough balls in Fruity Pebbles before popping them in the fridge to chill got them closer to what is in my memory, but they taste great even without the Pebbles. Now if only I could get the white chocolate a little thinner…
You can find the recipe for the cake batter cookie dough on http://willowbirdbaking.wordpress.com, as well as her instructions for turning it into truffles. I used Trader Joe’s vanilla cake mix and Ghirardelli white chocolate baking bars instead of candy melts in preparing mine. I feel they taste best at room temperature, though I do store them in the refrigerator in a covered container. Mmmm… as close to popping bon bons on the couch as this SAHM has ever done!
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Jenn@eatcakefordinner
3 April, 2011 at 12:01 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I love the ones topped with the fruity pebbles. Just keep trying and hopefully you will get a really good copy-cat version?
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The Poet Herself
3 April, 2011 at 10:17 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I’ll be heading back to NYC in a couple weeks, better prepared to take a closer look at what I’m trying to replicate.
In the meantime, these are still really tasty!
Betty @ scrambled hen fruit
3 April, 2011 at 10:14 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
These are so cute- love the fruity pebbles!
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Mary @ Delightful Bitefuls
4 April, 2011 at 12:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
OH my! These look incredible!
Great blog; happy I found you!
Mary xo
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tanya
8 April, 2011 at 3:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
These look fun, must try these!
PiokoMew
29 April, 2011 at 3:56 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Too cute! You said yot want to thin the white chocolate a bit? Google Epicute beetroot white chocolate truffles. There is a link for the recipe. She adds sour cream to the chocolate. I havent made them myself, but it sure sounds good!
The Poet Herself
30 April, 2011 at 7:56 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check that out…