Wedding cake alternatives: Cake Balls!

From an indiebride. Go see pictures here:
Sort of like round cupcakes filled with truffles, it seems like an American version of the French Croquembouche (the traditional French wedding cake: a mountain of profiteroles covered in syrup eaten with icecream).

However, unless they're VERY NICE, there is definitely a resemblance to donut holes...

And here is a Croquembouche. It's also traditional to hide things inside (it's hollow) - such as a magnum of champagne.