Edible Wool Ball Cakes

Ingredients

• COLOURED BUTTERCREAM
• 80 g butter, softened
• 100 g icing sugar
• 150 g cream cheese
• Blue, pink and yellow food colouring
• SPONGE
• 2 eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 100 g sugar
• 40 ml vegetable oil
• 10 g baking powder
• 150 ml milk
• 200 g plain flour
• FILLING AND DECORATION
• 200 g cream cheese
• 100 g sweetened condensed milk
• 30 g white chocolate

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (338°F).
2. Grease and line a shallow cake tin.
3. Beat the softened butter, icing sugar and 150 g cream cheese until smooth.
4. Divide the buttercream and tint the portions blue, pink and yellow.
5. Whisk the eggs, salt and sugar until pale and foamy.
6. Add the vegetable oil and milk.
7. Sift in the flour and baking powder.
8. Mix gently until the batter is smooth.
9. Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
10. Bake for approximately 15 minutes.
11. Leave the sponge to cool completely.
12. Mix the remaining 200 g cream cheese with the condensed milk.
13. Crumble or divide the cooled sponge into six portions.
14. Shape each portion around some cream cheese filling to form a ball.
15. Chill the filled cake balls until firm.
16. Pipe the coloured buttercream over the balls in strands to resemble wool.
17. Melt the white chocolate and shape small decorative knitting needles.
18. Attach the chocolate decorations and chill until ready to serve.