Cake Ball Ornaments

Name: Cake Ball Ornaments
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 45
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters buttermilk; 79 milliliters 90 pieces Frosted Cheerios® cereal (about; 237 milliliters Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting (from 1-lb container); 3 eggs; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® German chocolate cake mix; 237 milliliters white candy melts or coating wafers, melted; 28 grams bottle red food color; 2 Tbsps unsweetened baking cocoa; 118 milliliters vegetable oil

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Cake Ball Ornaments a try. This vegetarian recipe serves 45. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 109 calories. Head to the store and pick up coating wafers, cereal, german chocolate cake mix, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat cake mix, buttermilk, oil, eggs, cocoa and food color with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes.

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Food Color

Cake Mix

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Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

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Frying Pan

Pour into pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl.

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Toothpicks

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Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1 1/4-inch balls.

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Frosting

Place on cookie sheet. Freeze 15 minutes.

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Transfer to refrigerator.

Dip half of balls in melted green candy and other half in melted red candy; tap off excess. Return to cookie sheet; let stand until set.

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Dip

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Baking Sheet

Spoon melted white candy into resealable food-storage plastic bag; cut off tiny corner of bag. Pipe designs on cake balls; let stand until set. Gently press 1 cereal piece on top of each cake ball, attaching with white candy. Pipe dot of candy on cereal piece; attach another cereal piece upright in center for ornament hook.

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Cereal