Cake Balls

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• 1 (18.25 ounce) boxed cake mix
• 1 (16 ounce) can prepared frosting
• Almond Bark Coating or Confectionery Wafer Coating

Prepare and bake the cake mix according to package instructions.  While warm, crumble the cake into a bowl with a electric mixer to a fine texture.  Mix in frosting to make a paste, using a 3/4 to a full can of frosting, according to taste.  Chill the mixture for at least 2 hours.
Using a melon baller, your hands, or a 1 inch scooper, form the mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls.  Place the balls on wax paper; freeze at least 6 hours.
Working in small batches, remove the balls from the freezer and fip the balls into warm, melted almond bark coating or confectionery wafer coating, using toothpicks or forks or a dipping tool to manipulate the valls.  Remove the balls.  Place balls on wax paper to harden.  Makes about 30 balls.
Almond Bark Coating
In a double boiler, melt one (20 ounce) package vanilla or chocolate flavored almond bark, stirring constantly.  Or, in a tall, narrow container, microwave bark for 1 minute at 70% power.  Continue to heat in 10 second intervals on high, stirring between intervals, until melted; be careful not to scorch.  If there are still small lumps, continue stirring and allow them to melt with the remaining heat in the melted almond bark.
When the almond bark is melted, stir in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil.  If desired, stir in oil based coloring drop by drop until you achieve the desired color.

For the kiddos: white Pillsbury Funfetti cake mix, white frosting and rainbow-colored sprinkles.  After mixing the cake and frosting, gently fold in 2 tablespoons rainbow-colored sprinkles.  Immediately after coating the ball, sprinkle more sprinkles on top of the ball before the coating sets.
For Chocoholics: Devil's food cake mixed with cream cheese frosting, coated with teal colored almond bark.
For Girly Girls: Strawberry cake mix and strawberry frosting.  Coat with a mix of half almond bark, half milk chocolate chips melted together.  Save back a little melted white almond bark and color it hot pink or red to drizzled on top.
Fun Fall Color Combinations
Devil's food cake with fudge icing and dark chocolate coating.
Yellow Cake with buttercream frosting and orange-colored vanilla coating with green and black accents.
White cake with white frosting mixed with orange and yellow sprinkles and chocolate coating.
German chocolate cake with coconut-pecan icing and milk chocolate or light cocoa flavored coating.
Spice or carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and vanilla coating.
Lemon cake with lemon frosting and vanilla frosting.
Chocolate Cake with vanilla frosting and mint-flavored coating with tinted green.


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