Recipes · Danish · Desserts
Romkugler (Danish Rum Balls)
One serving has 216 kcal and 3 g protein. Ready in 50 minutes.
- Preparation: 50 min
- Makes: 1 serving (56.5 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 35 g Leftover cake, such as pound cake (sandkage)
- 2.5 g Cocoa powder
- 3.5 g Sugar, powdered
- 3.5 g Butter, unsalted, softened
- 6 g Raspberry jam
- 2 g Dark rum (or a few drops of rum essence)
- 4 g Coconut, desiccated
Method
- Crumble the cake finely into a bowl with your fingers, or pulse it in a food processor.
- Add the cocoa, icing sugar, softened butter, jam and rum, and knead everything into a firm, even mass that holds together when squeezed; add a little more jam if it is dry.
- Roll the mixture into balls the size of a walnut, about 25 g each.
- Roll each ball in the desiccated coconut until evenly coated.
- Chill for at least 30 minutes, until firm.
- Keep them in a closed tin in the fridge and eat within 4 days.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 216 kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 28.8 g | |
| Water | 13 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.9 g | 6% |
| Protein | 2.6 g | 5% |
| Tryptophan | 0.03 g | |
| Threonine | 0.09 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.1 g | |
| Leucine | 0.19 g | |
| Lysine | 0.11 g | |
| Methionine | 0.05 g | |
| Cystine | 0.06 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.12 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.07 g | |
| Valine | 0.14 g | |
| Histidine | 0.06 g | |
| Fat | 10.7 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 2.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.3 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.1 g | |
| Saturated | 5.9 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.07 g | |
| Cholesterol | 30.6 mg | |
| Calcium | 22.8 mg | 2% |
| Copper | 0.15 mg | 17% |
| Iron | 1 mg | 6% |
| Magnesium | 19.2 mg | 6% |
| Manganese | 0.25 mg | 14% |
| Phosphorus | 77.7 mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 118 mg | 3% |
| Selenium | 3 µg | 5% |
| Sodium | 136 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.41 mg | 5% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.07 mg | 6% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.1 mg | 9% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 0.65 mg | 5% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.21 mg | 4% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.03 mg | 2% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 16.6 µg | 4% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.13 µg | 5% |
| Choline | 25.4 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 48.4 µg | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 0.59 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 11.9 IU | 2% |
| Vitamin E | 0.34 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin K | 0.91 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
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