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Every year for Christmas, I make a bunch of sweet treats for friends and co-workers.  Two years ago I stumbled upon a recipe for cake balls, so included them in my mix that year.  I made two kinds: red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting covered in white chocolate and chocolate cake with vanilla frosting covered in dark chocolate.  They came out very nice and everyone raved about the red velvet cake ones.

More recently I stumbled upon a new website, www.bakerella.com, who has taken the cake ball to new levels.  Instructions for making cupcake bites and cupcake pops are available on her blog.  Ever since I saw her tutorials I’ve wanted to try my hand at them.  For my birthday, I used a gift card and bought myself some of the tools to make these treats.  I intended to make them for Easter, but the cold Arcadia brought home from daycare knocked me for a loop and I had no motivation.  So, I attempted to make them during the week once I was feeling better, but these take time, so I didn’t get a chance to finish.  Well, yesterday I set out to finish my cupcake bites.  They turned out super cute, just like Bakerella’s, and were super tasty, just like the original cake balls I made.  I’ll definitely make these again and will probably change up the color combinations for different holidays.  If you’ve got a free day, I’d recommend making these, although make sure you have plenty of people to give them to.  I ended up making around 60 of these babies and both Tysen and I will be taking them to work to share.

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