Cake Balls!

My wonderful boyfriend had a birthday this past weekend, and even though I basically gave him a gift early (Death Note stuff), I'm not sure if he knew if he was going to get a gift or not. He probably expects it by now though, since I bake for him almost every time I give him a present. This was no exception.

Since I wanted to only carry a small box of them (because it was easy to carry), I gave most of the cake balls to my family. And they really loved them. This time around, I baked at my aunt's house, so I had plenty of people to feed. And it took so much time to finish these, I wouldn't recommend making these the day of your events.

The recipe is super easy. I don't really have a reference for this one, since I basically read a few different ones, and talked with my genius baker friend, so this will be coming off the top of my head.

To make these, you will need:
1 box of cake mix
1 can of icing
1 package of chocolates
1 double boiler, or a melting pot
Forks and spoons?? Either works fine.

The instructions are fairly simple as well!

1) Prepare and bake the cake mix as if you were making a normal cake. After the cake is finished baking, let it sit and cool for at least half an hour, or until the cake isn't very warm.
2) Crumble the cake, to fine grains of sand as my friend calls it. You can remove the crusts, it is optional, but not needed. I did for my cake balls because the crusts were harder and they were darker than the rest of the cake.
3) Mix in 3/4 of the icing with the crumbled cake.
4) Roll a small pinch into a ball, set on a plate, and repeat. Freeze all of the balls in the freezer until they are almost firm to the touch.
5) Melt the chocolate, then dip your cake balls in the melted chocolate after pulling them straight from the freezer.
6) Set aside! If your cake ball is still cold, the chocolate should set quickly.
7) Serve! Watch them disappear.

1 box of cake mix should give you over 50 cake balls if you roll them into bite sized balls. I made two boxes, and my family ate all of the cake balls I made in two days, so I'm guessing they tasted good. I highly recommend letting them sit over night because the chocolate is completely firm and for some reason, it tasted better to me (this could also be my food intake that day, which was mainly cake balls and pizza).

Fun fact: I let my chocolate sit for a bit without melting, so the spoon actually got stuck inside. It was fun to convince my two younger cousins that I was performing magic. :D

I hope this recipe is helpful for you, and let me know how the recipe works out for you!!