The Hershey Company
SHELF-STABLE CAKE TRUFFLE

Abstract:

A modified cake formula and baking process to have a shelf-stable food product, especially micro-safe cake with water activity (Aw) less than about 0.71, less than about 0.7 or ideally less than about 0.65. The process involves grinding the baked cake fine crumbs, and blending the resulting crumbs with a binding agent to make a cake truffle, wherein the cake truffle has a water into activity less than around 0.7, and optionally covering the cake truffle with a confectionary coating, or with milk chocolate.