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rlm5150
There have been many questions about how to make thes. Since I cannot find who originally autored this recipe, I just rewrote what I had printed.
I also found another one posted.
I hope this helps all who are looking for it.
Tabby
here is one recipe I found.
cmarkins wrote:
Cake balls are very easy to make and taste delicious.

Here is a condensed version of the steps I follow:
1. Bake a sheet cake following directions on the box.
2. Crumble cake into a large bowl.
3. Stir in a can of frosting that compliments your cake flavor.
4. Roll by hand or use a cookie scoop to form balls.
5. Place balls on a cookie sheet lined with waxpaper.
6. Put cake balls into the freezer for 15-30 min. (helps them stay together when dipped in choc.)
7. Dip into melted chocolate or white chocolate one at a time and put on waxpaper to dry. (I use chocolate from DollarGeneralStore called Almond Bark - it's fairly inexpensive and melts nicely in the microwave. Name is misleading, it does not contain nuts)
8. These stay fresh sealed in tupperware for up to two weeks. Finished cake balls can also be stored in a sealed container in the freezer for a few months.

Flavor ideas:
Strawberry cake, strawberry frosting, dipped in white choc.
Choc. cake, choc. frosting, dipped in choc.
Carrot cake, cream cheese frosting, dipped in white choc.
Red velvet cake, cream cheese frosting, dipped in white choc.
Almond cake, white choc. almond frosting, dipped in white choc.
Yellow cake, french vanilla frosting, dipped in choc.
Cherry cake, vanilla frosting, dipped in choc.

Combinations are really endless. My faves so far are carrot cake and almond cake (like wedding cake).

Hope these instructions are clear. It really is a simple process with room for trial and error. The dipping part takes some practice so don't get discouraged on the first batch. The finished product is really worth the effort. I get about 80 cake balls per cake mix using a small cookie scoop.

I am making some this weekend for my daughter's birthday party. Will post a pic when they are done. I also made some for my brother's rehearsal dinner a few weeks ago and they were a huge hit.

Christie


Here is the one I use I have been using. It is not my recipe, but I don't remember where on here that I found it.
Cake Ballls:
2 cups crumbled cake scraps
2 tbls confectioners' sugar
2 tbls cocoa powder( if cake scraps are not chocolate based)
1/4 cup chopped almonds(or any other not you like, or mini chocolate chips, or M&M's, you get the idea)
2 generous shots of Amaretto (or any other liquer you may like, a good non-alcohol substitution is any flavored coffee creamer)
Put all ingredients in a mixerand mix on medium speed until all ingredients form a ball. If the mixture seems too dry, add a bit more of the liquid used to make it moist enough to form into balls.

I put all my ingrediets into my food proccesor to chop it all up into a ball. I use all different flavors of extracts as my liquid. You can cover them w/ melted chocolate or nearly anything you want. I haven't used any nuts yet, so I don't know how it holdstogether with them. I also made one batch that wasn't chocolate cake and I didn't add the cocoa. I just figure it makes them a little different.
I sure hope this helps. It's a lot of info. Maybe the author of the recipe I use will let you know who they are and give you more tips.
Good luck.
Tabby

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MrsMissey Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:24 pm


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Here is a basic receipe for cake balls, athough there are MANY different combinations out there:

Here is Cookieman's recipe...


2 cups crumbled cake scraps
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder (if cake scraps are not chocolate based)
1/4 cup chopped almonnds (or any other nut you like, or mini-chocolate chips, or M&Ms, you get the idea!)
2 generous shots of amaretto (or any other liquer you may like, a good non-alcohol substitution is any flavored coffee creamer)

Put all ingredients in a mixer and mix on medium speed until the ingedients form a ball. If the mixture seems too dry, add a bit more of the liquid used to make it moist enough to form into balls.

I use a tablespoon cookie scoop to make the balls uniform in size. Roll the scooped dough in your hands to form a nice smooth ball. Allow cake balls to set on a parchment lined cookie sheet for a couple of hours, then dip them in chocolate(following) or roll them in confectioners' sugar or cocoa.

Melt 1 lb. of candy melts and add approximately a tablespoons of crisco to make it a bit more smooth. Also, put the container (in my case, a pyrex measuring cup) of melted candy melts in a very hot (I use amost boiling) water bath to keep the chocolate fluid. dip balls into the chocolate using a spoon and a dipping fork (in my case, a plastic fork with the two middle tines cut out) Don't worry if the dipped balls have a "foot" at the base after drying. You can break some off after they have hardened and once they are in the little cake liners, no one will notice. Also, you can decorate the tops with just about anything, sprinkles, candy confetti, chopped nuts, etc. before they dry. Or after they've dried, pipe designs with royal icing or melted candy melts of differnet colors!