Birthday Cake Truffles

To help celebrate momma turning 27, the kids and I attempted making some truffles.  This was a first for me (and you may be able to tell from the pictures)!  My mom gave me the idea this past weekend.  I already had 2/3 of the ingredients, so I thought "why not."  It sounded easy enough!

First, make sure you have your ingredients: cake mix, ready-made frosting, and a coating of some sort (choc. chips, baker's chocolate, almond bark)

Bake the cake according to the directions on the box.  Once the cake has cooled, break it apart into a large bowl.

Then, stir in the ready-made frosting.

Form into bite-size balls and place in the refrigerator overnight, or the freezer for a few hours.

Right before you remove the cake balls from the fridge, melt your coating in the microwave.  Place toothpicks into the cake balls and dip into the coating.  You may choose to just use a spoon to 'dip' the cake balls in and out of the coating.  Place the covered ball on wax paper and then return to the refrigerator to help the coating harden.

Enjoy!!

As you may have noticed, these aren't the 'prettiest' looking truffles!  I think I made the cake balls a little too big.   The almond bark coating that I chose wasn't as smooth to cover the balls as I thought it would be.  I'll try a chocolate type coating next time.  I'll keep plugging away and one day I'll have beautiful truffles to show-off!!!