Valentine Cake Balls Recipe
This heart-shaped Valentine Cake Balls Recipe is made with a red velvet cake mix, cream cheese frosting, and chocolate.
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups
- Spatula
- Cake pans
- Cookie scoop
- Baking tray
- Wire rack
- Parchment paper
- Gold mini cupcake liners
Ingredients
- 1 box Red velvet cake mix (+ingredients)
- 1 container cream cheese frosting
- 4 cups chocolate candy wafers
- 1/4 package red cookie icing
Instructions
Bake And Cool The Cake
- Bake and cool the red velvet cake.
Prepare The Cake Mixture
- Once the cake has cooled, it's time to crumble it up in a large mixing bowl.
- Next, add a container of frosting and mix well.
- Chill the dough for 30 mins in the freezer, so that the cake doesn't stick to your hands in the next steps.
Form The Mini Hearts
- First, line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Next, roll the cake dough into balls, about ⅛ cup of dough each.
- Then, using a small heart cookie cutter, create the heart-shaped cake balls.
- Place the cake balls onto a wire rack positioned on top of a baking tray.
Dip The Hearts In Chocolate
- Next, add the chocolate to the large bowl and melt according to the package instructions, or follow these guidelines:Microwave on high for 45 seconds, then stir thoroughly.Microwave on high for 30 seconds, then stir thoroughly.Continue microwaving in 15 to 30-second intervals, stirring thoroughly, until all the chocolate has just about melted. (The remaining few pieces should melt on their own, and it’s a good way to ensure you don’t overheat the chocolate).
- Fill the cookie scoop with melted chocolate and pour the chocolate onto the heart-shaped cake ball.
- Repeat for remaining cake balls.
- Important Note: be very gentle when removing the cake balls from the wire rack. It's easy for the cake and chocolate to get stuck to the wire and for the chocolate to crack when removing. Patience is key here.
Add the Red Stripes
- Once the chocolate has hardened, at the red stripes using cookie icing (or red chocolate).
- Important reminder: if using cookie icing, wait to add the cookie icing until you plan to serve the cake balls.
- Enjoy!