I have a question. What do you do when you commit to making a dessert for a friend for her family's beach trip, decide to test out a new vanilla cupcake recipe, bake the cupcakes, and they're absolutely terrible??? I mean horrible. Dry. Not a lot of flavor. A huge 'oops.' And ... you don't have a lot of time to come up with something else?
Well, one option is to crumble up all the cupcakes, stir in a bunch of vanilla buttercream and a whole lot of rainbow sprinkles, and make funfetti cake balls. And that's how these funfetti cake balls were born!
Not too bad a recovery of a huge 'oops,' right?!? Hope they go over well with my friend's family!
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Funfetti Cake Balls
Source: Concept & process adapted from Bakerella
Note: This is just a 'general' method, not really a recipe ... as I was wingin' it the whole way!!
Click here to view a detailed post about making cake pops and cake balls.
Ingredients
1 baked 9x13" cake (or, in my case, a botched up batch of cupcakes!)
1 to 1 1/2 c. vanilla frosting, canned or make your own
1 (1 lb.) package vanilla candy melts, any colorAbout 2 T. shortening
Rainbow sprinkles
Larger confetti/disc sprinkles for decorating
Directions
1. Crumble cake (or cupcakes) into a large bowl, working it into small crumbs. Add frosting and mix until well combined. Mix in rainbow sprinkles - I'm not sure how much I used; I just kept pouring them in and stirring until the mixture looked "confetti'ish."
2. Shape into approximately 1" balls, using about 1 T. of the cake mixture per ball; set aside on wax paper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour, or place in freezer for about 15 minutes.
3. In a small deep bowl, melt candy melts and shortening together in the microwave per candy melt package directions (typically in 30 second intervals, stirring in between).
4. Use a fork to dip each cake ball in the candy coating, letting excess coating drip off back into the bowl. Place on wax paper. Immediately sprinkle with a few large disc/confetti sprinkles (or additional rainbow sprinkles).
5. Let stand for coating to set up.
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I have a question. What do you do when you commit to making a dessert for a friend for her family's beach trip, decide to test out a new vanilla cupcake recipe, bake the cupcakes, and they're absolutely terrible??? I mean horrible. Dry. Not a lot of flavor. A huge 'oops.' And ... you don't have a lot of time to come up with something else?
Well, one option is to crumble up all the cupcakes, stir in a bunch of vanilla buttercream and a whole lot of rainbow sprinkles, and make funfetti cake balls. And that's how these funfetti cake balls were born!
Not too bad a recovery of a huge 'oops,' right?!? Hope they go over well with my friend's family!
I invite you to follow The Kitchen is My Playground with Pinterest, Facebook, Google Friend Connect, Linky Followers, bloglovin', or Feedburner. Buttons are in the right sidebar. I'd love to have you back soon!
Funfetti Cake Balls
Source: Concept & process adapted from Bakerella
Note: This is just a 'general' method, not really a recipe ... as I was wingin' it the whole way!!
Click here to view a detailed post about making cake pops and cake balls.
Ingredients
1 baked 9x13" cake (or, in my case, a botched up batch of cupcakes!)
1 to 1 1/2 c. vanilla frosting, canned or make your own
1 (1 lb.) package vanilla candy melts, any colorAbout 2 T. shortening
Rainbow sprinkles
Larger confetti/disc sprinkles for decorating
Directions
1. Crumble cake (or cupcakes) into a large bowl, working it into small crumbs. Add frosting and mix until well combined. Mix in rainbow sprinkles - I'm not sure how much I used; I just kept pouring them in and stirring until the mixture looked "confetti'ish."
2. Shape into approximately 1" balls, using about 1 T. of the cake mixture per ball; set aside on wax paper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour, or place in freezer for about 15 minutes.
3. In a small deep bowl, melt candy melts and shortening together in the microwave per candy melt package directions (typically in 30 second intervals, stirring in between).
4. Use a fork to dip each cake ball in the candy coating, letting excess coating drip off back into the bowl. Place on wax paper. Immediately sprinkle with a few large disc/confetti sprinkles (or additional rainbow sprinkles).
5. Let stand for coating to set up.
This post is linked with Cast Party Wednesday hosted by Lady Behind the Curtain, Extreme Personal Measures, These Chicks Cooked hosted by This Chick Cooks, It's a Keeper Thursday hosted by It's a Keeper, Creative Juice hosted by Momnivore's Dilemma, Foodie Friday hosted by Designs by Gollum, Friday Favorites hosted by Simply Sweet Home, Sweets for a Saturday hosted by Sweet as Sugar Cookies, Sweet Indulgences Sunday hosted by A Well-Seasoned Life, Recipe Sharing Monday hosted by Jam Hands, Savvy Homemade Monday hosted by Home Savvy A to Z, Tasty Tuesday hosted by For the Love of Blogs, Crazy Sweet Tuesdays hosted by Crazy for Crust, Tea Party Tuesday hosted by Sweetology, Sundae Scoop hosted by I {heart} Naptime, This Week's Cravings hosted by Mom's Crazy Cooking, Delicious Dishes hosted by It's a Blog Party!, Wow Me Wednesday hosted by Polka Dots on Parade, and Sharing Sunday hosted by Everyday Sisters.
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