I did a little baking for a co-worker's birthday tonight. And I had an actual baking fail (which luckily doesn't seem to happen too often). Thankfully, I recovered and was able to make a successful batch of treats. (I had bought enough for two batches, but I ended up being able to make only one because of the failed batch.)
What did I make? These cake batter truffles, which have some definite cake batter flavor, from Bakers Royale. They're actually pretty simple to make, too, as long as you don't do what I did. (However, anything that involves dipping is going to take a little bit of time.)
How did I fail? The recipe calls for heating the sweetened condensed milk over low heat for 10-15 minutes. I did that and it wasn't reaching the right consistency. I noticed in the comments section that someone else had the same problem, and the blogger had suggested raising the heat to medium. So I did that. But I raised it a tad too high and stepped away for a second, and when I returned my milk had started forming a film and had little burnt brown bits in it, which I couldn't get rid of. I didn't think they'd look so appetizing in the truffles, so I ditched that can and started a new batch. This time, I did more of a medium-low heat and made sure to stir constantly. Success!
I used melted semi-sweet chocolate for the coating, but it turned out a little too thick, I think. Next time I would either try a thinner chocolate (such as the glaze perhaps) or make the truffles themselves a bit bigger so they could handle the amount of chocolate in the coating. All in all, though, I think my co-workers will be happy to eat these. And they might even wish I had made the double-batch I planned to.
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