You couldn't get more simple when it comes to ingredients. You basically pick a cake mix, buy some frosting, mash it together and there. Cake Balls.
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While at the store this morning I bought Espen a Junior Chef Bake Set that was marked as clearance at Fry's. I kind of thought it may turn out to be a piece of junk but it was actually pretty cute. While I mixed up the Cake Ball ingredients Espen mixed up his own concoction which included flour, water and various sprinkles.
First he had to steal some of my water.
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Jeremy came out from the bedroom and saw this sitting on the stove and with much concern in his voice asked why the cake was broken! Ha. I just thought it would help it cool faster this way.
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While the cake was cooling Espen asked if we could bake what he had made. Sure, why not? It was greenish/black liquid, but let's stick it in the oven and see what happens. Well, this is what happens. You get speckled black rubber pads in your muffin tin.
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Espen wasn't sure what to make of them. They looked pretty gross, even to the 3 year old creator.
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But that didn't stop him from having fun with them.
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By this time the cake was cool and I was ready for the messy part. Mushing up the cake and icing and making little balls. FUN!
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I eventually ended up adding some yellow food coloring to the mix since we used a Lemon cake mix and went with White Chocolate.
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Not bad, not bad. It was after about 15 or so that I finally got the hang of rolling them in the melted chocolate so that they didn't turn out so lumpy. I had a weird little spoon shaking technique that ended up working really well. I should post a video, hilarious.
Espen wasn't too interested in coating the cake balls, he opted for chopping up a piece of chocolate bark in a mini skillet.
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What a fun dessert to make and man, we have plenty to share, I'll most likely be bringing some left overs to work with me on Monday, that is, if I don't eat them all first.
3 comments:
These look soooooooooo good!
I hope some of those leftovers are making their way to Jen's tomorrow. They look so delicious!!
Oooh! Yummy!!
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