My sister used to make this every year when we were children, and I can still taste them now. Make plenty-they will be snaffled up very quickly!
Ingredients for the truffles: 2 oz butter 2 oz castor sugar A few drops of almond essence 3 oz ground almonds 2 teaspoons cocoa, sieved 2 oz cake crumbs, sieved Rum or sherry
For the coating: Chocolate vermicelli
Cream the fat and sugar until soft and fluffy. Add the almond essence, ground almonds and cocoa. Beat thoroughly. Mix in sufficient cake crumbs to form a stiff paste. Add a few drops of rum or sherry to flavour. Knead the mixture well and roll it into a sausage shape. Cut the sausage into equal-sized pieces and roll each into a ball. Roll each ball in the chocolate vermicelli.
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