♥ Hello There Everyone! ♥
Valentine's Day is around the corner. Who says you need a boyfriend/girlfriend for Valentine's Day? Hahaha oh come on, its a day where you show how much you love somebody like your friends or even your family! So here i am today to show you how you can make Cake Balls for Valentine's Day! ^_^ It is really easy and it can also be a nice gift for someone you love!
It was initially a cake pop recipe but i couldn't find lollipop sticks nearby so i decided to change it to cake balls instead. It is exactly the same except using lollipop sticks for cake pops, you use cupcake liners instead for cake balls. And also, i did a small batch of this only for this blog post therefore its the reason why i used small portions of ingredients.
SOOOOO LETS GET STARTED!
♥ Ingredients/Things you will need:
♥ Cake of any flavour you'd like, that have been baked according to a cake mix/boxed cake or from scratch.
♥ Any flavour of frosting of your choice either from scratch or store bought.
♥ White chocolate bars/candy melts/candy wafers
♥ Red food colouring
♥ Cupcake liners
♥ Sprinkles or anything you'd like to use for decoration
♥ A big mixing bowl
♥ Toothpicks ( not in the photo because i forgot about it :P )
♥ STEP 1:
Crumble up the cake into fine crumbs. I personally think using your hands is really the best way.
By fine crumbs, it should look like this.
♥ STEP 2:
Add the frosting into the crumbs a little add a time.
Once again, best way is using your hands ^_^ But of course, don't forget to wash your nails thoroughly and cut your fingernails if you need to!
By adding the frosting a little at a time, you should reach the right consistency that can hold a a big ball shape.
♥ STEP 3:
Roll out the cake mixture into balls.
After rolling out all of the cake balls, store them in the freezer for about an hour for it to firm.
♥ STEP 4:
While its in the fridge to firm, start melting your white chocolate.You can use candy melts/candy wafers instead but if you don't have them, white chocolate will do the trick too. If you are using white chocolate, break it into small bars for it to melt easily.
Depending on your microwave, melt the chocolate using a microwave safe bowl in the microwave for about 30 seconds, stirring between each interval. Add vegetable shortening or vegetable oil little by little to adjust the texture. It should should be a little runny.
♥ STEP 5:
Take out the cake balls that have been sitting in the fridge. Insert toothpick to every cake ball.
The photo below showed some heart-shaped ones which i reshaped after taking photo of it in the earlier steps but you can do heart-shaped ones if you would like to! But bear in mind it cannot be placed into the cupcake liners so i suggest getting lollipop sticks and making it into cake pops instead! ^_^
♥ STEP 6:
Dip your cake balls into the white chocolate . Use a long cup to submerge the cake balls fully into the white chocolate to get it all coated. If you would like to, you can dye the white chocolate with red food colouring to make it pink for valentine's day. After dipping them, remove the toothpicks. When dipping the cake balls, let the excess drip off . I would've actually preferred to place it straight onto the cupcake liners after dipping because i think it would be hard to remove them from the plate once it has been harden, especially if you are not using wax paper.
♥ STEP 7:
Add sprinkles and decoration to the cake balls. You can also even drizzle some chocolate on top. After that, leave it in the fridge to harden and set for hours. For as long as possible or even overnight is the best.
♥ STEP 8:
After its been out of the fridge for hours, remove it from the plate and place it onto the cupcake liners. Its quite difficult removing the cake balls from the plate as it might break (like it did for mine) that was why i suggested placing it straight onto the cupcake liners after dipping them in the chocolate.
♥ STEP 9:
This step is optional but if you would like to give it to someone as a gift, place them into nice cute bags!
This is how it looks like when you bite into it.
And there you go, how to make cake balls!
Pretty easy right? This is the first time I've made this so if i could do it, you can too! ^_^
Do tell me or show me a picture of your cake balls on my social medias/email if you've made it, i'd be so happy to see it!!
Anyways, this is collaboration with my friend Bridgitt from Cluttered Rack so click here to head down to her blog and check out her blog post where she will show you how you can make some cute valentine's day treats! ^_^
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Lookout for my next blog post on my Hong Kong Trip Day 3-5 with a vlog coming up!
Talk to y'all on my next post, have a great day! ♥
