The Recipe People ALWAYS Ask For.....

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CAKE BALLS!!! No not out of a cake ball maker those are not the same! You can make these into balls, suckers, creatures, decorated any way you like...no matter what flavor they are WONDERFUL!
Some of my favorite flavor combos are:

• Red Velvet with cream cheese icing dipped in white or milk chocolate
• Orange cake with vanilla icing dipped in white to make dreamcicles or dipped in milk chocolate to make chocolate covered oranges
• Cherry chip with cherry icing dipped in milk or dark chocolate makes chocolate covered cherry
• German chocolate cake mix and icing dipped in regular chocolate rolled in nuts makes german chocolate
• Chocolate with hershey chocolate icing dipped in milk chocolate make triple chocolate (my fav!!)
• French vanilla cake mix with cream cheese icing dipped in white chocolate

The posibilites are ENDLESS! So get creative and have a cake ball party! Roll in sprinkles, oreos, nuts, colored sugars anything you want!!



Cake Balls

What you need:

• box of your favorite cake mix (and all the things on the back it says you need to bake it)
• 1small box instant pudding mix, whatever flavor matches the cake mix you have chosen
• 1 container of icing
• 2 bags of whatever chocolate you want to melt and use OR 1 package of flavored almond bark

Directions:

1. Bake cake as directed ONLY add in the pudding mix before you mix it. NO MILK JUST THE DRY MIX!!
2. When the cake comes out let it cool.
3. After it cools use your hands to crumble it finely into a LARGE bowl.
4. Mix in 3/4 container of icing flavor you have chosen.
5. Use a fork or your hands to mix the icing into the cake crumbles. Make sure to mix completley if you need more icing add it! It should not feel dry or cakey at all should be very moist!
6. Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on a tray of any kind that is flat and can fit in your freezer.
7. After all balls are rolled, and it will make lots, place a toothpick into the top of each one.
8. Freeze overnight or for several several hours until frozen!
9. Heat chocolate in 30 sec. intravels until melted. Make sure not to over heat to where it becomes crusty.
10. Take your balls out of freezer and dip in the chocolate using toothpick.
11. After dipping in chocolate remove toothpick and cover the little toothpick hole with chocolate.

Please note: Squirrels do LOVE cake balls...if left out even with a lid on them outside they will take off the lid and eat them. I know this from experience! Trust me! hahaha....Why yes there is a story to go with this...if any of you know me you are completely NOT shocked!