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Can you believe this????      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Disasters Author Message bodaisy Forum Addict Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 672 Location: Upstate NY Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:11 am  This is soooo not happening... I went to make those cake balls using the recipe onsite and OH BOY They did NOT come out right!!! I have no idea what I did wrong, but they do NOT look like cake balls I tried to blow up my blender, then the first batch I think I melted as the cake was still kinda warm and melted the choc chips so I had to refridgerate the "dough" to get it out of the blender. 2nd batch I ended up stirring w/a wooden spoon after blending a few minutes. The "dough" came out nicely and was great to roll.. Then I rolled the balls in 10x sugar and they looked great!! I got up the next morning and all of the 10x sugar had absorbed into the balls, they were REALLY wet and sticky!!! So I re-rolled them in the 10x and by the time I got to work they were wet and sticky again..... So I don't know what happened.. I'm laughing cause they look like little balls of yuck!!! LOL ANy tips on how I did this would be appreciated!!! REmember to laugh cause it is pretty funny!!! I asked co-workers to try them and they are like YA OK RIGHT!!!!!!!!! it seems that the simplier the recipe the more difficult it is for me????? Have A great Day Everyone b KHalstead Forum SuperStar! Joined: Dec 03, 2005 Posts: 6472 Location: Northeastern Ohio Birthday: Dec 05 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:15 am  happened to me too...........did you let the ball air dry for a few hours on a cooling rack like the directions say before rolling in powdered sugar???? What I did to rectify mine is to put all the balls in a container with powdered sugar in it until I was ready to serve....the I gave it a shake and popped them on a platter and everyone ate them in like 10 min. before they had a chance to look yucky again.....next time I"m going to try and dip them in chocolate, maybe that will avoid this problem altogether???? did you find that they tasted like chewed up and spit out birthday cake???? The texture kinda wigged me out LOL kids loved em though jen1977 Forum SuperStar! Joined: Feb 22, 2006 Posts: 2839 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:24 am  Same thing happened to me, even after letting them air dry. I couldn't eat them because of the texture, but I can't eat a lot of things because of texture (naked shrimp, bread pudding, etc...). One of my boys said they were ok, my other son wouldn't touch them, said they looked nasty, and dh said they were ok, but it would be a waste of my time to make them again because most wiould get thrwon away. charman Frequent Member Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Posts: 383 Location: Virginia Birthday: Jan 27 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:26 am  Where do I find the recipe for these...I've heard so much about them, but when I did recipe search for "cake balls" I got over 1900 hits! I'm with you on the texture thing too...they don't sound that appealing to me, but I've heard so much about them, that I'm tempted to try them. Dipping them in chocolate sounds good to me! MrsMissey Moderator Joined: Aug 26, 2004 Posts: 5445 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:31 am  charman wrote: Where do I find the recipe for these...I've heard so much about them, but when I did recipe search for "cake balls" I got over 1900 hits! ..here is a link: http://www.cakecentral.com/cak.....tml#142415 bodaisy Forum Addict Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 672 Location: Upstate NY Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:34 am  KHalstead wrote: did you find that they tasted like chewed up and spit out birthday cake???? that's too funny!!!!! cause that's how they looked... they taste good.. but I did let them air dry overnight, just covered them up with wax paper. I don't know... I'm totally laughing cause its the simplest thing and I can't make them.. watch, some of the more experienced bakers are probably like whatta nuts its soooo simple.... have a great day b debbie2881 Forum Addict Joined: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 826 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:47 pm  I made cake balls this past weekend because my cake didnt come out right and they were pretty good. I crumbled the cake and added store bought frosting, maybe 1/2 the can to 1 box cake and then i freezed it for about 15 mins while i melted chocolate then dipped in chocolate. The chocolate wasn't totally hard in the morning but i'm in Fl and it was pretty hot so i freezed for about 5 mins and then kept in the fridge. Hubby said they were good and so did my dad. bikegal Frequent Member Joined: Feb 07, 2005 Posts: 257 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:35 pm  There's a special powdered sugar that you can order from King Arthur that won't get absorbed by your baked goods. For the life of me I can't remember what the specific name is. It was perfect on top of my lemon bars. HTH! JoAnnB Forum SuperStar! Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 7426 Location: Salem, Oregon Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:19 pm  The moisture normally in the icing will cause the powdered sugar to be sticky. there are several options: You can do like KHalstead, and keep them in sugar until serving, Roll them in finely ground nuts Roll them in finely shredded coconut roll them in finely ground graham crackers Roll them in finely ground cookies (oreos, vanilla wafers, whatever) Or, dip them in melted chocolate (candy melts) You don't really need a recipe. the result will vary a little because of your particular cake and icing. I tried it with chocolate cake and cream cheese icing. Very soft, but tasted terrific. 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