Cake Balls (Cake Truffles) are bite-sized, fun desserts to make and serve at parties. They are easily customizable for any occasion. Try now!
Truffles are the perfect easy Candy choice if you love chocolate and baking. If you like them, you’ll also love these Chocolate Truffles and Oreo Balls!
Why You’ll Love These Cake Balls?
- Kids especially love the novelty of this fun dessert.
- Simple to make and impressive to serve plus they are easy to customize!
Sabrina’s Cake Balls (Cake Truffles) Recipe
Cake Balls are one of my favorite treats to make for parties, birthdays, and holidays! I love how simple they are to prepare ahead of time, making them perfect for entertaining or sharing with friends and family. This is the perfect truffle recipe to wrap in plastic and give away as party gifts!
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Ingredients
- 1 Yellow Cake Mix , (15.25 oz)
- 18 tablespoons Buttercream Frosting , (18 tablespoons is easier measured as 1 cup and 2 tbsp)
- 12 ounces white chocolate melting disks
- 1 cup rainbow jimmies
Instructions
- Bake the cake as directed on the package and let cool completely before crumbling and mixing with the frosting and ½ cup of the sprinkles until fully combined.
- Roll into 1 tablespoon sized balls and freeze for 60 minutes.
- Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments until smooth then dip each ball into the chocolate using a fork, then tap to remove the excess and place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Using a small ziplock baggie with some extra melted white chocolate in it, snip off a tiny edge of the bag and zig zag over each truffle then sprinkle more rainbow jimmies on top and allow to harden completely.
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Note from Sabrina
You can make this recipe with any type of cake and use my buttercream frosting or cream cheese frosting, which will have a cheesecake flavor. Plus, if you bake the cake beforehand, it only takes 25 minutes to make. This is the perfect recipe to make with the kids for a party or a birthday!
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About this Recipe
Cake Balls are the perfect bite-sized treats made with yellow cake mix, Buttercream Frosting, white chocolate, and rainbow sprinkles. They’re easy to make and fun to decorate. You can switch up the sprinkles to match different holidays or add crushed candies for extra crunch and color. Check out some ideas in my Variations section down below!
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- This recipe makes about 25 servings; if you want more, you will need a second box of cake mix.
- You could also make these with leftover cupcakes after baking too many. Or, if you’re not in the mood to bake a homemade cake, you can use a store-bought one for this truffle recipe.
- I like to use a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop to scoop out the balls so they’re all the same size.
- You can melt the chocolate in the microwave, or use a double boiler. To make a double boiler place a large heatproof bowl on top of a pot of hot water on the stove.
Tips for Dipping
- Use a fork to dip the truffles into the chocolate, then gently tap the fork to let any excess chocolate drip off.
- If the chocolate is too thick, add a drop or two of coconut oil to help thin it.
- I don’t recommend replacing the melting disks with white chocolate chips because the chips won’t look as smooth as the melting disks.
- Then, place the balls on wax or parchment paper to keep the chocolate from sticking as it dries.
How to Store
- Serve: Cake Balls can stay good at the dinner table for up to 2 hours. After that, they need to be refrigerated.
- Store: The buttercream frosting is dairy-based. So, you can keep these balls in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.
- Freeze: It’s not recommended to freeze the Truffles, as defrosting them will cause condensation and streaking, which won’t make them look perfect.
Variations
- Decorations: I decorated these balls with rainbow jimmies, but you can also try using some melted dark chocolate, cookie crumbs, funfetti, chopped nuts, or chocolate ganache.
- Holiday Theme: For holidays you can add flavor to the melted chocolate like almond, peppermint, or vanilla extract.
- Cake Mix: Yellow cake mix works well for these Cake Balls. However, you can use any cake mix you have, like chocolate or red velvet cake mix.
- Cake Pops: You can make this a cake pop recipe by dipping a lollipop stick into melted chocolate, then put the stick into the middle of the a cake ball before dipping the whole cake ball into the melted chocolate.
- Chocolate: These balls will work with almond bark, which has a deeper flavor than chocolate. You can also use milk chocolate or dark chocolate with this recipe.
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As always, I bought way too many cupcakes for my sons birthday party. Instead of baking the yellow cake, I used the left over fun-fetti cupcakes, removing the icing beforehand. Super easy recipe to follow! Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome Becca, I love the resourcefulness! So glad you enjoyed this recipe.
I love, love, love that you call them jimmies! I haven’t tried the recipe yet but it’s automatically getting 5 stars just for that. ?
Loved how easy these truffles were to make using cake mix! They looked so fancy on our dessert table!
These cake balls are awesome and super delicious. Without the fuss of trying to keep them on a stick for cake pops, haha. Great recipe!
This was the perfect recipe for my 10 year old daughter! It is a super simple recipe to follow and did not take long for her to make them at all. Most importantly, they were DELICIOUS!
I love everything about this recipe. These truffles give me life! thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe
Made these for a birthday party the other day and they were super easy to make and turned out so cute! Everyone loved them.
So you said serving size was 25. Is that how many truffles one cake box will make with the 1 tablespoon cookie scoop or is that a couple truffles each? I’m trying to make it for a party and wondering how many I’ll get from one cake box so I have enough ? They sure look yummy!! Thank you for sharing!
When finished and you’re allowing it all to harden, where do you leave them? As in the fridge or a cool worktop as I’ve tried chocolate strawberries before and the chocolate never hardens
Roll into 1 tablespoon sized balls and freeze for 60 minutes.
I mean after you have dipped the balls in the chocolate x
I just leave them on parchment paper in room temperature to harden.
What is the ratio of cake and frosting?
You mix all the cake and frosting together. It’s a full box of mix and 1 cup plus 2 tbsp of frosting. Hope this helps.
These are so cute – perfect party dessert bites and very impressive even though they seem easy to make. On my must-try list! Thanks for the detailed instructions.
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
Yum! What a fabulous treat!! Love how easy and delicious this is!
Thanks for dropping by to let me know! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
These are really perfect treats! My kids won’t be able to stop eating these!
They’re so good! So glad you all enjoyed them!
Woah these pictures are just gorgeous! I cannot stop looking at those! They would be perfect for a kids birthday party or a bridal shower! LOVE
Thanks so much! They’d be perfect for either.
Sabrina, these cake balls look so yum. My kiddo would love these.simple yet colorful. Perfect for any occasion.
Thanks, Anvita!
These are so easy to make! I made them for my kid’s class party and everyone loved them, thanks!