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Lemon Cake Balls

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 4/16/09Updated: 1/24/23

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Everyone loves cake balls. They are as fun to eat as they are to make.

Lemon Cake Balls

As an avid reader of Pioneer Woman and Bakerella I have been seeing a lot about cake balls lately.  Even my friend Sherra was telling me about them.

So when I had to take dessert to my Crafty Ladies night I decided I needed to give them a try.  Cake balls can be made with any flavor of cake mix so guess which flavor I used?   You guessed it – lemon!  Pioneer Woman made some fun Halloween ones using Red Velvet cake.  Bakerella made the cutest little Easter cake pops I have ever seen!!

Your first step is to select your cake flavor and a can of frosting to go with it – I used lemon and lemon!

Making cake balls is more like a craft project than a cooking project.

You start by baking your cake according to the directions and letting it cool.

After it is cool I cut it into fourths and crumbled it all into a bowl.

Cake Balls (1)

After it is crumbled add in 2/3 of the container of frosting.  If it isn’t quite moist enough add a little more frosting but you don’t want them to be too moist and mushy!

Cake Balls (4)

Mix the frosting and the cake crumbs together using a fork until well blended.  You should not see any of the frosting.

Cake Balls (2)

Using a cookie scoop form balls of cake dough.  Place on cookie sheet.

Cake Balls (3)

Freeze cake balls for at least an hour.  They need to be firm when you dip them in the chocolate or you will have a mess.

The next part is the fun part and the messy part -coating the cake balls.

I used white almond bark and yellow “melts” to go with my lemon theme.

Cake Balls (5)

I used my Pampered Chef vegetable steamer to melt my almond bark in the microwave but you can also use a double boiler.

You can place your cake ball on a fork and dip into the melted chocolate

Cake Balls (6)

I preferred placing the ball on the end of a lollipop stick and dipping it that way.  When you remove it off the stick you will have to do a little patch work and fill in the hole left by the stick with some chocolate.

Cake Balls (7)

After all the cake balls are dipped let the chocolate harden – it won’t take long.

Cake Balls (8)

My dipping skills could use a little work!

I then put my yellow “melts” right into a squeeze bottle and placed it in the microwave to melt the “melts!”

Cake Balls (10)

Using the squeeze bottle I decorated the tops of my cake balls with little yellow flowers – aren’t they cute!

Cake Balls (9)

They looked  better on a pretty plate.

Lemon Cake Balls on a plate

You can get creative with your cake balls – what flavor combination of cake and frosting will you use??  Leave a comment and let me know!

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  1. Sarah says

    Posted on 12/22 at 1:42 pm

    Thanks for this. I made a lemon Bundt….it got stuck in the pan. Decided to salvage my cake and made these!!

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 12/24 at 3:09 pm

      Love your Plan B!

      Reply
  2. Alyssa says

    Posted on 8/8 at 7:01 am

    Hello! I found this post after Google searching lemon cake pops with lemon frosting. I am planning on making lemon cake pops for my mom’s birthday next week and I have seen them made all different ways online-lemon cake, cream cheese frosting, white cake, lemon frosting, and lemon and lemon like you made here. My mom loves the little lemon jelly square things and I am trying to figure out the best way to go. I see this post is from 2009, so i am wondering if you have ever tried the lemon cake with cream cheese frosting or if you thought the lemon and lemon were perfect.

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 8/8 at 7:05 am

      Alyssa, I have only ever done it the way I show in the post. I am a lemon fan so the more lemon the better for me!
      Have fun!

      Reply
  3. Rebecca says

    Posted on 6/13 at 9:33 am

    My kids love cake pops & for my daughter’s birthday I did chocolate cake with cherry pie filling decorated to look like ladybugs– all 40 were gone within 10 minutes! I can’t wait to try these lemon ones now! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 6/13 at 2:30 pm

      Those sound darling!How fun!!

      Reply
  4. Donna D. says

    Posted on 10/7 at 10:30 am

    Thank you for sharing this. I will go and try this this week-end. It sounds so good and my grandbabies will love it.

    Reply
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