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This Valentine’s Day we’re making red velvet bourbon cake balls for a fun adults-only treat. This is perfect to make for your significant or for a fun at home date night!
Red Velvet Bourbon Cake Balls
Makes 48 cake balls
Ingredients
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- eggs
- oil water
- 1 container of chocolate fudge frosting
- 2 tbsp of spiced bourbon whisky
- 2 bags of Ghiradelli white chocolate melting chips
- 1 package of red candy melts
- 1 container of wilton confetti hearts
- 1 disposable piping bag
- 1 cookie sheet fitted with wax or parchment paper
- double boiler
- cupcake pan with cupcake liners
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Prepare cake batter like directed on the back of the box
- Mix in the 2 tbsp of the spiced bourbon whisky
- Scoop batter into cupcake liners and bake for 21 minutes
- Once cupcakes have been baked and cooled, peel bake the cupcake liners
- Doing only a few cupcakes at a time, crumble the cupcakes using your hand into a large mixing bowl
- Crumble only about 10 cupcakes
- Add in about 3 tablespoons of the chocolate frosting
- Using your hand, or a wooden spoon, mix until combined and you have a dough like texture
- Using a small ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, scoop some of the mixture into your hands and roll into a ball
- Place ball onto the cookie sheet
- Once all of the dough has been rolled into balls place into the fridge for 20 minutes or freezer for 10 minutes
- Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate until smooth
- Once your cake balls have hardened, using a fork and butter knife, dip a cake ball into the melted chocolate and fully coat it.
- Use the fork to scoop up the cake ball and lightly tap the edge of the pot
- Place cake ball onto the cookie sheet
- Repeat previous steps until all cake balls have been rolled and dipped
- Set aside for the chocolate to completely cool
- Wash out your double boiler and dry very well
- Pour about 1/4 of the red candy melt into the double boiler
- Wait a few minutes and then mix with a spatula until smooth
- Pour melted candy melts into the piping bag
- Cut the tip off of the piping bag and drizzle the candy melt over the cake balls
- Place a pink confetti sprinkle heart onto the middle of the cake ball
- Let sit for 15 minutes before enjoying your Red Velvet Bourbon Cake Balls!
Red Velvet Bourbon Cake Balls
This Valentine’s Day we’re making red velvet bourbon cake balls for a fun adults-only treat. This is perfect to make for your significant or for a fun at home date night!
Ingredients
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- eggs
- oil water
- 1 container of chocolate fudge frosting
- 2 tbsp of spiced bourbon whisky
- 2 bags of Ghiradelli white chocolate melting chips
- 1 package of red candy melts
- 1 container of wilton confetti hearts
- 1 disposable piping bag
- 1 cookie sheet fitted with wax or parchment paper
- double boiler
- cupcake pan with cupcake liners
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Prepare cake batter like directed on the back of the box
- Mix in the 2 tbsp of the spiced bourbon whisky
- Scoop batter into cupcake liners and bake for 21 minutes
- Once cupcakes have been baked and cooled, peel bake the cupcake liners
- Doing only a few cupcakes at a time, crumble the cupcakes using your hand into a large mixing bowl
- Crumble only about 10 cupcakes
- Add in about 3 tablespoons of the chocolate frosting
- Using your hand, or a wooden spoon, mix until combined and you have a dough like texture
- Using a small ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, scoop some of the mixture into your hands and roll into a ball
- Place ball onto the cookie sheet
- Once all of the dough has been rolled into balls place into the fridge for 20 minutes or freezer for 10 minutes
- Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate until smooth
- Once your cake balls have hardened, using a fork and butter knife, dip a cake ball into the melted chocolate and fully coat it.
- Use the fork to scoop up the cake ball and lightly tap the edge of the pot
- Place cake ball onto the cookie sheet
- Repeat previous steps until all cake balls have been rolled and dipped
- Set aside for the chocolate to completely cool
- Wash out your double boiler and dry very well
- Pour about 1/4 of the red candy melt into the double boiler
- Wait a few minutes and then mix with a spatula until smooth
- Pour melted candy melts into the piping bag
- Cut the tip off of the piping bag and drizzle the candy melt over the cake balls
- Place a pink confetti sprinkle heart onto the middle of the cake ball
- Let sit for 15 minutes before enjoying!
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