Cake Balls

Ok, I finally gave in and attempted the "nummy" cake balls.
I was well aware that it was a time-consuming and tedious task (time-consuming in the fact that you have to let things cool, freeze, firm, etc. in between steps).

Ingredients: Eggs, Cake Mix, Water, Butter, Frosting, Hershey's Chocolate

Make the cake as directed.  I chose Butter Recipe.

Bake.

Let cool completely.

One of the tips I saw online was to cut off the edges of the cake (in bowl to the left) since they will be a little crispy. 

Add frosting.  Recipe called for the whole tub, but I started with half and only had to use just a little more...you can always add - you can't take away easily.

Once mixed, this is what it looked like.

Roll into balls.

20 balls down...

You can't notice that there are less cake sides in that bowl back there, can ya...?

Balls made - 31.

This picture is for Kim - I told her I was keeping up with all the dishes this recipe was producing and she called me an over achiever.  Truth is, this is only happening because my mom and mom-in-law are coming over tomorrow to plan for the wedding reception.  So, Wes, I guess we just need to plan to have people over in order for me to help out with the dishes.

Oops!  You caught me!  Yeah yeah yeah...I ate some of the cake sides.

After freezing the balls for about an hour, I melted the chocolate, got toothpicks, and am ready to go!

I stuck one toothpick into the ball (if the ball falls off, they're not frozen enough), dipped in the chocolate, and used a second toothpick to help the ball off of the first toothpick.

After using twice as much chocolate as the recipe called for, I ran out...so the last few only got a dollop of Daisy's chocolate.

Lesson: When a recipe calls for confectioners coating, don't try to replace it with Hershey's Baking Chocolate.  I used twice as much as it called for and it still couldn't coat them all.  I think since I was just using baking chocolate, it went on a lot thicker than coating would have.  I may give them another chance sometime when I actually get the coating you're supposed to use.

I, of course, tried a small one before putting them in the fridge to firm back up.  They still taste amazing...just not as pretty.  I also think once out of the fridge they're not going to last long before the chocolate "coating" will start melting - unlike the real coating would hold up.  Oh well!  Live and learn - in the kitchen!!  ♥