Description
Red velvet cake balls showcase romantic indulgence for special Valentine’s celebrations. Sweet chocolate-coated spheres deliver classic American dessert charm while offering delightful bite-sized elegance for your romantic evening.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- Ingredients per cake mix package instructions
- 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 12 oz (340 g) white chocolate or candy melts, melted
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or vegetable shortening (optional, for smoother coating)
- Valentines Day sprinkles
Instructions
- Cake Preparation: Craft a vibrant red velvet cake according to package instructions, ensuring an even, rich color and delicate crumb.
- Cake Transformation: Pulverize the completely cooled cake into fine, uniform crumbs within a spacious mixing vessel.
- Cream Mixture: Whip cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until achieving a silky, homogeneous texture.
- Dough Formation: Fold cream cheese mixture into cake crumbs, blending thoroughly to create a malleable, cohesive dough.
- Sphere Shaping: Mold the mixture into compact, uniform one-inch spheres on a parchment-lined tray, then refrigerate for 45 minutes to solidify their structure.
- Chocolate Coating: Melt white chocolate in brief microwave intervals, stirring to prevent scorching, and incorporate coconut oil to enhance glossiness.
- Dipping Process: Immerse each cake sphere into molten chocolate using a fork, ensuring complete and even coverage, then allow excess chocolate to drip off.
- Decorative Finishing: While chocolate remains liquid, quickly embellish with romantic Valentine’s themed sprinkles.
- Setting and Presentation: Allow cake balls to set at room temperature for 15 minutes or briefly chill in the refrigerator, then elegantly arrange on a decorative platter.
Notes
- Prevent Cake Crumbling: Ensure cake is completely cooled before crumbling to maintain consistent texture and prevent dry, crumbly cake balls.
- Chocolate Coating Technique: Add coconut oil gradually to melted chocolate for smoother, glossier coating and prevent chocolate from seizing or becoming grainy.
- Temperature Control: Chill cake balls before dipping to help chocolate adhere better and create cleaner, more professional-looking desserts.
- Customize Flavor Variations: Experiment with different extract flavors like almond or rum to personalize cake ball taste profile without compromising core recipe structure.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 155
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg