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This is a chocolate cake that is intensified by mixing the moist cake and rich icing together and adding a chocolate coating. One word: Delicious!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Cake balls, Chocolate cakeballs, dougbakes.com
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 30
Author Doug Bakes Staff

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Chocolate Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Chocolate coating

  • 10 ounces chocolate candy coating, melted per package instructions

Instructions

Sheet Cake Instructions

  1. In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients; set aside.

  2. In a saucepan, bring butter, cocoa, and water to a boil and remove from the heat.

  3. Add to dry ingredients to the butter and cocoa mixture and mix well.

  4. In a small bowl, beat eggs and add buttermilk and vanilla, and mix well and stir into cocoa mixture.

  5. Pour into a greased 15x10-x1-in. baking pan.  Bake at 375° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Instructions for Chocolate Frosting

  1. in a saucepan, bring the butter, cocoa and milk to a boil, stirring continuously.

  2. Remove from the heat; add sugar and vanilla. Mix well.

    Pour into a bowl and allow it to cool

assembling Cake balls

  1. After cake and frosting have cooled completely, break the cake up using your hands into crumbs and put into a large bowl. 

  2. Add a cup and a half of the frosting to the cake crumbs and begin to incorporate it into the cake. Warning: this will be messy.

    Once mixed well, the mixture should hold it's shape once put together. 

  3. Roll the cake into one inch balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. 
  4. Once all of the cake is rolled into the balls, melt the coating per the package instructions.
  5. Using a fork, dip the balls in the candy coating and allow them to drain back into the pot of candy coating. Place balls on parchment paper to dry.