8th Pink Saturday: Chocolate Cake Balls

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Would you like to have a cupful of chocolate cake balls?

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Bakerella is a blog all about baking.  She creates such wonderful treats for almost every occasion. And they’re fun too.
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Of course me, I don’t bake. But see, when i saw the cake balls she made, I thought to myself “why not?”. They did turn out pretty, yes?
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For the recipe, go visit Bakerella. She made Red Velvet Cake Balls and more.
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But I still would like to share some of my experience.

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Ingredients and Materials:
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1 box cake mix (No Red Velvet so I used Betty Crocker’s Super Moist Chocolate cake)
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1  16-oz container ready made frosting (No cream cheese frosting so Betty Crocker’s Vanilla Frosting it is)
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chocolate bark for coating (we don’t have that here so I used Goya Dark chocolate bars and Goya White chocolate bar for accents) I would have used Hershey’s but imported chocolate bars can be expensive. After all, I have lots to coat with
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Wax paper

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Directions:
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1. Bake the cake per direction in the box.

- Now, since I’m horrible at baking, I did’nt bake it in the oven. Instead I steamed the cake mixture Result? No burnt cake on the sides
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2. Once cake is cooled – crumble it.

- Yup. Another good thing for me too. i don’t have to worry if the shape of  the cake didn’t turn out well.

Another good thing about steamed cake, it’s easy to break it down just by using a fork
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3. Mix the frosting to the cake.

- I’ve read about some having problem when it comes to the mixture being too moist. So I just added a small portion of a frosting at a time and then mix. That way I can see how my mixture would turn out to be (we don’t want it to be too moist cause it’ll be hard to roll them).

The thing is, vanilla smells so good. I put some and mix . . . put some and mix . . put some and – - – - what do you know, I’ve used all of it!  .

Yeah, it was quite moist. As advised, once everything is thoroughly mixed, I placed it in the refrigerator – covered of course. And since it was late at night and I’m sleepy, It stayed overnight.
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4. Now it’s time to make the balls. Roll them using your hands.

- I end up with I think 50-60 balls. This is a nice activity for the children to get involved too, I think.

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5. Melt the chocolate bars.

- I placed the chocolate balls in the ref while doing so.
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7. Dip the balls into the chocolate and make sure everything is covered. Place on wax paper.

- They don’t look that pretty with just the dark chocolate.  Solution? I melted white chocolate, dipped a fork in it and gave it a shake on top of the chocolate cake balls. It turned out quite nice, don’t you think?

They taste yummy too!

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I would have wanted to put them in lolli sticks, but maybe next time
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If you really are into baking, go visit Bakerella cause I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Well, I’m no pro baker and yet I still enjoyed

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Okay, if a cup is not enough, here’s another platter full of chocolates!

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Thank you Miss Beverly.

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For other pink stuff, drop by How Sweet the Sound.

To learn more about the event, click on the “Pink Saturday” logo

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(update to answer the question)
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How to steam a cake?
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- Place a rack in a deep pan and then pour water and cover.

- Boil the water.

- Once water is boiling, place the cake pan (with the cake mixture) on the rack and cover again.

- Cook for about 30-45 minutes. Do the “toothpick test” to be sure it’s fully cooked.

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