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Easy
4 Hours
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These classic rumballs are sure to please both young and old. Decorate them by rolling in cocoa, sprinkles or coconut flakes, or by dipping them in chocolate, and then topping with drizzled chocolate or sprinkles. To make the rumballs easy to handle when dipping in melted chocolate, freeze them first.
crumbs of 16 x 10 inch cake (4-5 cups)
3/4 pound margarine (about 1 and 1/3 cups or 2 and 1/3 sticks)
1 pound Gefen Confectioners’ Sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
3 eggs (pasteuerized)
3/4 cup Gefen Cocoa
1 ounce Gefen Rum Extract
Cream margarine and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time. Add cocoa and rum.
Pour over cake crumbs, mix well to coat completely.
Refrigerate for four to five hours to set.
Form into one-inch balls. Roll in coconut or chocolate sprinkles.
Rum balls can be frozen plain and dipped into chocolate or drizzled with white chocolate.
Photography by Tamara Friedman
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