Surprise!!! These red velvet cake balls are filled with cream cheese frosting! A fun treat for birthdays, holidays, showers….it is all in the decorating!
INGREDIENTS:
- One red velvet cake mix (with oil, water and eggs to make according to box)
- One tub of ready-made cheesecake frosting.
- 2 (12 oz.) bags of Wilton White Candy Melts
- Sprinkles or dark chocolate candy melts to use for decorating.
DIRECTIONS:
- Bake cake mix according to package and cool
- While cake is baking/cooling- spoon 1/2 of the tub of frosting into a ziptop bag. Clip a corner and pipe dime-size dollops of frosting onto a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper (pipe about 35-40) Place in freezer.
- Cut cooled cake into pieces and chop into fine crumbs using a food processor or food chopper.
- Mix cake crumbs with remaining frosting until it can be formed into balls that hold together (you may not need all the frosting).
- Roll about one tablespoon of cake into a ball, press it flat and put a frozen frosting bit in the center. Wrap cake dough around frosting and smooth into a ball. (try to keep the frosting bits frozen- I did only 5 at a time and kept the rest in the freezer. The frosting will not freeze hard- it will be more like taffy when you peel it from the parchment paper).
- Refrigerate cake balls for a few hours.
- Melt Candy Melts in microwave in 30 second increments until smooth.
- Dip cold cake balls into white chocolate candy melts (this is the hardest part for me….I made a huge mess trying different techniques and finally settled on a fork, tapping it against the edge of the bowl until excess has drained away. Some people use toothpicks or spoons or special dipping tools….I think this part is just a mess for me no matter how I do it!)
- Place dipped cake balls on parchment paper to harden. If you are decorating with sprinkles, do this before the chocolate hardens. Otherwise, just drizzle with some dark chocolate for a more elegant look:
My thoughts: These are SO good. The frosting in the middle is a fun surprise and it adds a yummy creaminess to the cake balls. Hassle? Yes. I am convinced that cake balls and cake pops are not my gifting– so many people make them look effortless and that is NOT the case for me! I love the taste though….so once in awhile….ENJOY!!!
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