"Will You Butter My Cake Balls Please?"

Cody, Me, Kalee, and the CakeBall maker Laura!!!!

Laura recently got married to her love, JB and has been trying out the domestic newly wife life!

Laura's Butter Pecan Balls

- 1 (18.25 oz) boxed butter pecan cake mix (plus the ingredients it calls for)

- 1 (16 oz) can prepared frosting - buttercream

- 1 package of almond bark coating or vanilla candy coating (the exact same thing) 

- Wax paper

- Any fun candy decorations

Bake the cake according to package instructions. While warm, crumble the cake into a bowl with a hand mixer (I used a fork and my hands haha). Mix in frosting to make a paste. Chill mixture in bowl for 2 hours.

You can use a melon baller or your hands, form mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place balls on wax paper; freeze for 6 hours.

When 6 hours have passed, heat your candy coating according to directions. Be super careful not to scorch it. 

Working in small batches (about 5 at a time), remove balls from freezer and dip into warm, melted candy coating (or almond bark). The pros use toothpicks or special forks to do it - I just used a spoon to push it around and picked up with my fingers and was just careful haha. Remove balls and place on wax paper to harden. It hardens really fast. And don't refrigerate, they will sweat. Room temp is perfect!

If your adding sprinkles, do it immediately after each ball is dipped because the candy coating hardens pretty fast.

Also, if you want to thin your candy coating a little bit, stir in 1 teaspoon vegetable oil after it has been heated. Also, if desired, stir in oil-based coloring drops to achieve a fun color of your choice!

You can basically do any flavor you want. Pick your cake mix and pick your frosting - it will be the exact same recipe.

Love,  Laura!

My Best Friend Kalee and my going away dinner at Nick and Sams Grill!