My Quest to Make the best cake balls

Well, I'm getting better. Practice makes perfect...that's my motto. Of course, the more I practice, the tighter my pants get...hahahaha! But, the people at work love being the taste testers.

Last weekend, I set out to perfect my method of rolling and dipping the cake balls. I tried strawberry cake and yellow cake. After the cake cooled completely, I crumbled it up and mixed in the icing. After it was good and mixed, I put the bowl in the freezer. After the mixture was in the freezer for about an hour, I took it out, and started rolling out the balls.

After all of the balls were rolled out, I put the trays in the freezer and left them over night. The next day, I started the dipping process. Freezing them before hand does much better then when they are soft. Last week, I used a double boiler to melt the chocolate, and it never really got melted completely. This time, I used the microwave to melt the chocolate, and that worked a lot better.

This time I used a spoon to get them out of the chocolate. I have tried using 2 forks and tooth picks, but the spoon works the best.

These turned out a lot better then the ones I did last week. They were covered more completely and with a thicker layer of coating. Still not as good as Bakerella, but I'm getting closer.

And really, it doesn't matter what they look like, because they were Delicious!

Next time, I'm going to be trying red velvet cake with cream cheese icing and chocolate cake with chocolate icing. Both dipped in vanilla almond bark coating.

Cake Balls - A Wonderful Thing

This past weekend I made some carrot cake, cake balls. Although very time consuming to make, they were also very easy to make. And of course, the final product was Delicious.

I have seen on many different blogger's post a recipe for cake balls, but one particular lady goes above and beyond just cake balls. These are what mine looked like

and these are what hers look like.

She doesn't just do balls, she does cake pops too!

My goal it to try and perfect the cake ball and be able to make mine look half as good as Bakerella's.

Let me know if you try making them, and what flavor cake you use. I will be making some more this weekend.

Here is the recipe:

You can use any cake combinations.
1 box cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)
1 can frosting (16 oz.)
1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate)
wax paper

1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.
2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can cream cheese frosting. (It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.)
3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50. You can get even more if you use a mini ice cream scooper, but I like to hand roll them.)
4. Chill for several hours. (You can speed this up by putting in the freezer.)
5. Melt chocolate in microwave per directions on package.
6. Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)

TIP: Only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. It’s easier to work with when it’s hot.