Cake Balls: They Went Wild!!!
Decorating By countrycakes Updated 6 Sep 2006 , 2:54am by FancyLayne23
Well, I prefer them made with buttercream icing. You just add about 1/3 cup of icing to about what would be the equivalent of a 6 inch round cake in cake scraps. I make the balls, freeze them and then dip them in the melted chocolate, haven't had an issues with cake crumbs.
Hugs Squirrelly
Just Buttercream and cake is what it sounds like...
Holy cow...this thread has taken on a life of its own.....I have a plate of scraps that are calling my name....
I've just been silently reading these postings and now I have to speak up... I promised dh that I was not going to bake more cakes, cookies, cupcakes, etc. until Christmas (he thinks I do it too much and I should get a break) but now I have to try this!!!!
I cannot wait, my mouth is watering. I'll do it tomorrow while he is at work. I'm sure as soon as he tries them, he will allow me in the kitchen again 
Great idea for cake scraps, I cannot believe I have thrown out soooo many... 
Sorry to ask again but I am making some as we speak and I just dont want to mess them up.....
How much buttercream do I use with a whole cake of scraps (13 by 9 cake)?
Thanks! I cant wait to taste them. I made a red velvet cake and made bailys buttercream tinted green 
llee815,
I always use the chocolate almond bark. It is so easy. They set up in just a few mins. You can use the other though, just depends on what you like best.
HTH
Cindy
Does this give the cake balls crunch, like melodyscakes has mentioned with hers? I love the sound of a nice hard outside and soft inside!
Has anyone made a cake and used it for only cake balls. I just made a 13 by 9 cake and wondering how much buttercream to mix with it.
All the time Stogz! I've started freezing all my scraps but if I need cake for cake balls, I will bake a layer or two. And it's great because those are layers you don't have to worry about when it comes to not rising, overbaking, etc. It will all work out in the end.
I'm not sure how much buttercream to add to it. I add liquid. I think Squirrely mentioned she adds about 1/3 cup of BC to about a 6 inch layer cake of scraps. So maybe about a cup? The thing with cake balls, nothing is really exact, you just mix until you get the right consistency. Just enough for them to form and hold together but not too much so that they are mushy.
I'm about to drool on my keyboard. I plan on making many for gifts this year, can't wait!
Thanks Ironbaker!
I have some out in the garage getting cold so I can dip during my son's afternoon nap. I had so much on my counter I just added about a cup of water to a bowl of cake scraps. I almost wanted to cry. I was making another cake and the bowl with the cake mix was next to it and I was just working to fast. Oh well, I will just have to grab another box and make some more cake.!
I don't even like cake balls, but I had to see what ya'll were up to.
For the person thinking of calling them cake bites: I'd leave the word cake out entirely. I think the reason I and others dislike the cake balls is because we expected them to taste like cake. The do not taste anything like cake. They are more along the lines of a rum ball.
hth
I have done this but, I didn't actually measure how much buttercream. I just put some in and mixed and it worked fine. You just have to be carefull not to add too much. If they're too moist they are difficult to dip. You can try adding a little at a time, if no one is able to offer an exact measurement for you. Good luck.
we have something like 6 inches of snow in the kansas city area...its cold outside, so i think i will make some more cake balls......or cake doodles this evening. they get me so excited!!!!!! i am going to give them as gifts this year because they are very inexpensive to make.
keep posting abaout those balls!
melody
Anyone have a picture of these cake balls? I wanna see what they look like. I would love to try them and use all the scraps instead of eating them!! ARGH!
-Krissy
I made some cake balls today using the technique mentioned with just adding the buttercream to the crumbled cake....My question is, can lor ann's candy flavoring be added to the white candy melts....I want my cake balls to taste like cheesecake..I mixed the cake with a cream cheese buttercream..and I want to flavor the candy melts with the cheesecake flavored oil....Is this possible and do you think that it would turn out good....
I made some cake balls today using the technique mentioned with just adding the buttercream to the crumbled cake....My question is, can lor ann's candy flavoring be added to the white candy melts....I want my cake balls to taste like cheesecake..I mixed the cake with a cream cheese buttercream..and I want to flavor the candy melts with the cheesecake flavored oil....Is this possible and do you think that it would turn out good....
You can definitely add Lorann oils to the chocolate. They are pretty strong in flavor, but they work nicely in the chocolate melts.
Cheesecake flavored cake balls sound great!
Thank you luv2cake...I put them in the freezer and will be dipping them probably tomorrow....
Thanks again for your response
OK guys! I finally tried these---red velvet cake and leftover BC and then dipped them in candy melts. The candy melts made them way too sweet. Anyone have any other coating ideas?? Other than melted chocolate or almond bark? I've seen about rolling them in PS?!
My family seems to like them better in PS, but the cake does absorb it after a bit so they aren't as pretty after they have set a while.
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