Cake Ball Ornaments
Prep Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes Start to Finish: 3 Hours 45 cake balls
- 1 box (15.25 oz) German chocolate cake mix with pudding
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 bottle (1 oz) red food color
- 1 cup cream cheese creamy ready-to-spread frosting (from 1-lb container)
- 2 cups green candy melts or coating wafers, melted
- 2 cups red candy melts or coating wafers, melted
- 1 cup white candy melts or coating wafers, melted
- 90 pieces Frosted Cheerios™ cereal (about ⅓ cup)
1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat cake mix, buttermilk, oil, eggs, cocoa and food color with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, until smooth. Pour into pan.
2 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack.
3 Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 45 (1¼-inch) balls. Place on cookie sheet; freeze 15 minutes. Transfer to refrigerator.
4 Dip half of balls in melted green candy and other half in melted red candy; tap off excess. Return to cookie sheet; let stand until set, about 30 minutes.
5 Spoon melted white candy into resealable food-storage plastic bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Pipe designs on cake balls; let stand until set. Gently press 1 cereal piece on top of each cake ball, attaching with white candy. Pipe dot of candy on cereal piece; attach another cereal piece upright in center for ornament hook.
1 Cake Ball: Calories 240; Total Fat 12g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 110mg; Total Carbohydrate 32g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 1g Exchanges: ½ Starch, 1½ Other Carbohydrate, 2½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2
Festive Touch Fill a decorative bowl or platter with these creative cake balls, and use it as a centerpiece for your holiday table. Your guests will delight in being able to eat them! Packaged in a small box, they also make a cute edible gift.
Festive Touch
Use other colors of candy melts to change the look of these balls, like we did for the cover of the book.
