Thursday, March 10, 2011

"Cake Balls"

I used too much almond bark per cake ball and also made my cake balls a little too big - learn from my mistakes: make the cake balls about the size of candy buckeyes and go light on the almond bark.  I tried to make "cake pops" by putting popsickle sticks in them; but, again my cake balls were too big for this to work out.  (See the photos, LOL) Enjoy!

How To Make Them:
1)      Make a chocolate cake (I used Devil’s Food Cake)
2)      Let the cake cool
3)      Use a fork and break up the cake (I did this in a big bowl to avoid spilling cake on the floor)
4)      Mix in some frosting.  Use about a ½ a can of your favorite frosting.  Add in mini chocolate chips.   I think this helps hold the cake ball together and makes them taste very rich.
5)      Roll into balls (be sure to pack them kind of tight).
6)      Drizzle almond bark over them (I used a spoon and a mini spatula for this). 
7)      Then add sprinkles or other candy decoration and let them cool on wax paper.


Pre-Almond Bark: please note that the 2nd one from the left in the top row is close to the correct size :)
Some of mine finished; I used vanilla almond bark

1 comment:

  1. These look amazing Kendell! When I was making peanut butter balls, I had some luck with the bark after freezing the balls for about an hour. Then I thinned the bark a little with a tiny bit of shortening (I know, gross)and kind of rolled the balls in it. It made a nice uniform thin layer of chocolate. Ben's grandma makes all kinds of candy and that was her tip. I wonder if that would work with these?

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