Ellen-Pallooza Dessert - Part One 

Cake Balls for my Mom's Birthday

which also happens to be the Fourth of July!

My Mom specifically asked me for Cake Balls for her Birthday. By now, since you've gotten to know me and my from scratch ways, the search began for a from scratch recipe for the cake itself as well as the frosting which are typically comprised of cake mix and canned frosting for most "recipes". Not for me though, nope, this is a from scratch kind of place!

I found the recipe in Bakerella's (Angie Dudleys) Cake Pops Book. You can order the book at this link - the recipes for the cake and frosting can be found on pages 148 and 149 of the book respectively.

Cake ingredients lined up in a pretty little row to bake a perfect 9x13 yellow cake for Cake Balls. 

Baked Cake - Prior to crumbling it up I wanted to try it to make sure it was good, what it came out as was quite refreshing and not at all like the artificial flavor found in cake mixes. It was a pretty plain jane cake and not overly sweet. 

Frosting ingredients are lined up in a pretty little row to make a perfect basic vanilla buttercream frosting for Cake Balls. Bakerella will tell you that you can add a little bit of milk to the frosting if it's too thick. Thank goodness I have a KitchenAid Mixer because while it was thick, the KitchenAid did most of the work for me so I didn't have to add milk.  

After an hour of cooling in the refrigerator, the two (Cake and Frosting) shall meet in a glorious large stainless steel bowl where they will be mixed together to form one large blob of cake and frosting deliciousness to be formed into what else, balls!!!

I personally have some secrets regarding making cake pops/balls perfect and I hope you didn't come here thinking that I was going to give them all away, no can doosville baby doll!

As you can see from the ingredients shown, it really is quite simple to make stuff like this from scratch, just a little bit more time involved, but believe me when I tell you it is worth it!

And here they are! The loveliness of Cake Balls all decorated for my Mommy's Birthday! Who else gets fireworks for their birthday?

Stay tuned for two more forthcoming blogs of the other desserts for my Mom's Birthday!