Red-White-and-Blue Cake Balls Recipe

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Gather the ingredients.

2. Step 2

   Prepare a large, rimmed baking sheet by lining it with foil or waxed paper.

3. Step 3

   Place the cake in a large bowl and crumble with your hands until it becomes fine crumbs.

4. Step 4

   Combine about 2/3 of the frosting with the cake crumbs until the mixture is evenly moistened and able to stick together. If the cake mixture is too dry, add more frosting.

5. Step 5

   Transfer about 1/5 of the cake crumbs to a small bowl. Stir in enough blue gel food coloring to make the crumbs a vivid blue.

6. Step 6

   Transfer about 2/3 of the remaining cake crumb mixture to a separate medium bowl. Stir in enough red gel food coloring to make the crumbs a bright red. Leave the remaining 1/3 cake crumbs uncolored.

7. Step 7

   Making these balls is a multi-step process. Start with the blue cake crumbs and form it into tiny balls about the size of a dime. Depending on how much cake you set aside, you should get about 36 miniature cake balls. Place on prepared baking sheet and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.

8. Step 8

   Take a spoonful of white cake crumbs and press it into a flat disc between your palms. Put a frozen ball of blue cake in the center of it, and fold white cake over it, pressing together so that it completely covers the blue. Roll it between your palms to get it round, and place it back on baking sheet. The white layer should be fairly thin, so that the finished ball at this point is about the size of a nickel. Once all the balls are covered with white cake, put the tray back in freezer to firm up, another 30 minutes.

9. Step 9

   Take a scoop of red cake crumbs and press it between your palms until it is a thin disc. Place a white cake ball in middle and fold red cake over it, rolling it between your palms to get it round. Repeat until all of the balls are covered with red cake.

10. Step 10

    If your kitchen is warm, refrigerate the tray (do not freeze). The cake balls should be cool enough to hold together, but if they are too cold when dipped, the candy coating will crack, so it's best if they are at a cool room temperature. Put the white chocolate candy coating in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring continuously, until melted.

11. Step 11

    Using dipping tools or a fork, submerge a cake ball in the melted candy coating. Let any excess coating drip back into the pan. Place the dipped truffle on the prepared baking sheet.

12. Step 12

    While the coating is still wet, sprinkle the top with a few red and blue sprinkles, if using.

13. Step 13

    Refrigerate the cake balls until the coating is set, about 20 minutes.