I know this is not the recipe board but this is also about holiday treats, so I'm posting it here.
I adapted a recipe for cake balls into Red Velvet Snowballs. It is so easy and it was a huge hit last weekend.
Here is how I made them:
You will need:
red velvet cake mix, baked
cream cheese frosting, purchased
white dipping chocolate
Bake a red velvet cake mix according to the directions on the package. I made 2 round pans and froze the extra cake for another time. Let the cake cool completely.
Once cooled, crumble one cake into small crumbs. (Note: you may be forced to eat the edges if they don't crumble well..... yes.... just another sacrifice we make for the holidays.....
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Mix in 1/2 can of cream cheese frosting until it is like a soft dough.
This is the only hard part. Roll into meat-ball sized balls and let sit on a wax paper. They will be sticky and you will have to wash your hands frequently. Let sit for 2-3 hours or so until they start to get a little crusty to hold their shape.
Melt about 1 pound of white dipping chocolate. Dip the cake balls in the chocolate and let set. For decoration, I grated a few white chocolate wafers to resemble snow and then sprinkled then on the wet chocolate to look like snow balls.
One cake made about 25 balls for me.
Just another way to have your cake and eat it, too, at Christmas!
(You can also do this with a white cake mix and add red or green food coloring if you don't like red velvet cake.)
I adapted a recipe for cake balls into Red Velvet Snowballs. It is so easy and it was a huge hit last weekend.
Here is how I made them:
You will need:
red velvet cake mix, baked
cream cheese frosting, purchased
white dipping chocolate
Bake a red velvet cake mix according to the directions on the package. I made 2 round pans and froze the extra cake for another time. Let the cake cool completely.
Once cooled, crumble one cake into small crumbs. (Note: you may be forced to eat the edges if they don't crumble well..... yes.... just another sacrifice we make for the holidays.....
)Mix in 1/2 can of cream cheese frosting until it is like a soft dough.
This is the only hard part. Roll into meat-ball sized balls and let sit on a wax paper. They will be sticky and you will have to wash your hands frequently. Let sit for 2-3 hours or so until they start to get a little crusty to hold their shape.
Melt about 1 pound of white dipping chocolate. Dip the cake balls in the chocolate and let set. For decoration, I grated a few white chocolate wafers to resemble snow and then sprinkled then on the wet chocolate to look like snow balls.
One cake made about 25 balls for me.
Just another way to have your cake and eat it, too, at Christmas!
(You can also do this with a white cake mix and add red or green food coloring if you don't like red velvet cake.)
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