Cake Balls...

I am making a baby shower cupcake/cake this weekend for a friend of a friend.  She asked me if I make "Cake Balls"...I'd never heard of them.  She said she'd had them at a wedding.  So, of course, this got me curious.  WHAT is a cake ball?  hmmmmm.... Google.


I found a place in Austin makes them, and according to their website they are a mix of cake and frosting mushed into a ball, then coated in chocolate.  Interesting. 


Well, of course, I had leftover cake and frosting in my freezer - that's normal around here, lol.  I was quite curious what this would come out like... so I made them myself.

I wasn't sure about proportions, so I just put a bit of cake and mixed in a little bit of frosting at a time...

I made sure to evenly crumble the cake pieces...

I decided this was a good mix of frosting to cake "ratio" and it seemed to want to hold together nicely...

I formed them into balls just a little smaller than golf balls...

The I dug through the cabinet to find some chocolate to coat them with.  I had a little leftover Ghiradelli White Chocolate and some of my snacking 64% dark chocolate from Hageland.

I melted each one with a dab of butter to make it smooth, but apparently not smooth enough, lol.  I didn't really have enough chocolate to "dip" the balls, so I had to sort of roll them, thus the gloppy appearance. :)

I placed them in the fridge to chill until after dinner.  Then I guinie pigged my hubby and we each tried one...or two... :)  They were yummy.  Kind of soft and creamy in the middle, a bit like a "bon bon".

I've never had a bon-bon, but I imagine this is what one should be like. :)  I prefer dark chocolate, but the white ones were "good".  This is a great way to use up leftover cake and frosting, fun idea and tasty treat!