Cake Truffles

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box cake mix (any flavor)
• 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 (16 ounce) can cream cheese frosting
• 1 (1 1/2 lb) package chocolate bark
• wax paper
• candy sprinkles, to decorate (optional)
• chocolate chips, melted, to decorate (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cook the cake as directed on the box for a 13 x 9 cake.
• 2 after the cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into a large bowl. make sure any parts that have a more crusty texture (from the outside edge of the pan) are picked out.
• 3 mix the cake thoroughly with the cream cheese frosting (like you would mix meatloaf). make sure the cake is moist enough to roll into balls, but not mushy; you may not need to use all of the frosting (i find that about 3/4 of the container is a good amount).
• 4 roll the mixture into quarter-size balls and lay on a wax-paper covered cookie sheet.
• 5 chill for several hours (you can speed this up by putting in the freezer).
• 6 melt chocolate in the microwave per directions on package.
• 7 roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (use two spoons to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.).
• 8 decorate as desired.
• 9 notes:.
• 10 for steps 3 and 4, i found it works very well to wear powder-free latex gloves (if you're not allergic). i already have them for cutting jalapenos. they don't stick to the cake, and no coloring gets on your hands (if you're working with a red velvet cake, like in my eyeball pictures).
• 11 if using small sprinkles to decorate, use a 1/4 teaspoons measuring spoon, and sprinkle a little on the top of each cake truffle before the chocolate coating firms up.
• 12 i chilled my cake truffles in the refrigerator overnight (for step 5), and they were easy to work with.
• 13 i used a 1 lb. bag of candy melts from the craft store, but i ran out near the last 1/3 of my cake truffles, so i covered the rest with either powdered sugar or drizzled semi-sweet chocolate (therefore, i recommend using more than one bag of candy melts, or a couple of packages of candy bark available at most grocery stores).
• 14 the recipe says it makes 40-50 cake truffles, but i usually get about 88 (i must roll them smaller).