Malted Milk Balls Frosting

The taste of this cake (cupcake) recipe reminds me of a chocolate malted, mildly chocolate. For years I’ve baked this recipe and dressed it with all sorts of frostings … from coconut pecan to chocolate coffee, chocolate buttercream to vanilla buttercream. This moist cake is perfect for everyone. With a slight change up of frosting it becomes a special cake for that special someone. And yes, someone in our family likes Malted Milk Ball candies. I believed I had come up with something original only to find Malted Milk Balls have been used for sometime in this way. Ha. BUT not with this cake recipe. Cake recipe here.

Just about any candies can be treated in this way. Try my Peanut Butter Cake and suggested frosting with chopped up Butterfingers or Peanut Butter Cups or Heath Bars.

Recipe

Frosts 12 cupcakes generously

2 Cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
3 Tablespoon room temperature butter
3-4 Tablespoons whipping cream, or cream in a pinch
Dash or two of salt

5 Ounces of chopped up Malted Milk Ball candies

Stir around the first five ingredients until crumbly. Start with only 3 T cream. Beat these ingredients on low until the mixture begins to cream together. Then put on high for several minutes until frosting is creamy. You may need more or less cream. Go slow with the cream to avoid making a thin frosting.

Sprinkle with broken candies.