Cake Balls!

I normally only write about Abram because he is adorable and takes up pretty much all of our time.  But this morning he took a 2+ hour nap and Josh and I were able to make this delicious dessert that we first had back on Father's Day (thanks Carol!).

The dessert is called cake balls and they are so yummy and better yet, they are easy!

The recipe is as follows:

1 cake mix
1 can frosting
Almond Bark
vegetable shortening 1 T


1. Mix and bake the cake as directed. 
2.  Let cool for about 10 minutes.
3.  Crumble the cake into a mixing bowl
4.  Stir in the can of frosting and mix well.  It should look like wet dirt.
5.  Refrigerate mixture for a couple of hours or overnight.
6.  Make into balls (size of your choosing)  1" - 1 1/2" works best
7.  I put the balls back in the fridge to keep cool while I melt the almond bark.  Follow directions on package to melt bark.  Melt bark carefully - we burned the bark twice before we figured it out. After almond bark is melted stir in 1/2 to 1 T. shortening.  This helps thin the bark.
8.  Coat balls with bark.  You can use a toothpick to drop bars in  or just roll them in the bark with a spoon.
9.  Set coated balls on wax paper.
10.  If you like to decorate you can apply sprinkles or other decorative edibles before the bark cools.
11.  Enjoy!

You may ask what kind of cake and frosting but that is the beauty of this recipe you can mix and match to your hearts content.

Examples:

Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
Chocolate Frosting
Chocolate Almond Bark

Red Velvet Cake
Cream Cheese Frosting
White Chocoloate Almond Bark

Josh's suggestion
after crumbling cake soak with 1/2 cup of kahlua or so
white cake
milk chocolate frosting
chocolate almond bark
**this has never been tried - just something he is dreaming about


I will try to add some pictures later today.