4.07.2012

Holy, Cake Balls!

Just in time for Easter!......just for a fore warning I used a cake ball pan to make these. I've attempted to make cake balls time and time again and they turn out to be a nightmare.  So this past Christmas, my loving brother Phillip bought me a cake ball pan.  Anywho, it worked out fabulous.  Oh, and just so you don't fall out of your chair reading this....I went against all my morals and used a cake box mix. AHHH. Yeah, I did it. As for the chocolate coating.....somehow I managed to burn the chocolate the first time around.  Buzz kill.  So today I had to run out and buy more chocolate!  However, here they are in all their glory.
Ingredients:
1 Vanilla Cake Mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 oil
1 Box of Vanilla Instant Pudding
Candy Coating Chocolate - any color (s) you desire. I ended up using almost 2 pounds of chocolate to decorate these.
Candy Sticks

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Grease cake ball pans on both the bottom and top pan.
-Dump cake mix into large bowl and add 4 eggs, 1/2 cup milk (substituted instead of the water on the package), oil, and the vanilla pudding mix.
-Beat on low for 30 seconds, then beat on medium for 2 minutes - scraping sides of bowl.
-After everything is combined, the consistency will be very dense.  Pour batter into the bottom pan.
-Place top pan (with holes) on bottom pan.
-Bake for 25-30 minutes
-Let pan cool before removing top pan.

For decorating:
-When the cake balls are completely cooled, melt a small amount of the melting chocolate in the microwave for about 30 seconds or so.
-Dip the end of a candy stick into the melted chocolate, then insert into the cake ball.  This secures the cake ball to the stick as a glue.  Place in freezer for about 10 minutes to harden the chocolate.
-As they are in the freezer, heat a large amount of chocolate coating in the microwave until melted.
-Remove cake balls from freezer, and dip cake balls into the chocolate coating.
-Drizzle on any other accent colors your wish to use.  Or sprinkles, etc.
-The chocolate will harden and they're ready to enjoy!

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