Q, my theory is that you are talking about aebleskiver....or at least that these might fill the bill. And they aren't even deep fried!

Aebleskiver/ebelskiver/abelskiver are Danish pancakes, but in three dimensions: little globes, optionally filled with apple or other fruit. The cakes are made in a hot, buttered cast iron pan that has hemispheric hollows into which the batter is dropped. The apple slice, berries, or what-have-you are then dropped into the batter, and when done on the bottom the cakes are turned to cook on all sides. They come out completely spherical.

Does that sound like a possibility? If so, details, a recipe, and a picture of the pan are available here.

(I haven't tested that recipe. I made aebleskiver once, years ago, using a Williams-Sonoma recipe I no longer have. They were very, very good.)

Cheers,
Claire