Red velvet cake balls

I felt in love with red velvet cake the first time I made it, which was more than a year ago. So far I’ve re-made it several times, following the recipe on Joy of Baking website, for my home parties. Most my friends loved it as I did.

This time, I used the same recipe for making red velvet cake, but I made them into cake balls dipped into melted chocolate, and I seemed to get double joyfulness from eating these cake balls. They are delicious as the same red velvet cake plus the bitter-sweetness of chocolate. The chocolate coating, after being chilled in the fridge, became hard and they made cracking sound in the mouth. I love that experience when eating these cute cake balls. I just thought they were now more perfect to invite friends who visit our home, offering some interesting surprise with these cake balls.

The cake, after being baked and cooled completely, are put in the fridge for one day. After that I took them out, broke them into crumbles with hands. I made the cream cheese frosting the same day I baked the cake and also chilled it in the fridge, now I mixed the cream cheese into the cake crumbles until the mixture got very incorporated. Then it was possible to model into small balls.

I set a bowl of chopped semi-sweetened chocolate in simmering water while I dipped the cake balls into the melted chocolate. After I finished dipping all the cake balls, I chilled them in the fridge overnight. It takes time until you can sit down and enjoy these cake balls, but they are really worth your time and effort.

Recipe of red velvet cake can be found here. As usual, I always reduce the sugar suggested in the original recipe as I prefer my cakes less sweet.