Mandy and Jace

WARNING…these are fattening and delicious. Proceed with caution

I was introduced to these little balls of deliciousness a couple of years ago at a friends bridal shower. I remember having one and falling in love. Since you can’t eat just one I kept sneaking back up to the table pretending that I was talking or looking at photos and grabbing more. I probably had 5 or 6 by the end of the night.



I knew that night that I had to learn to make these. I just can’t make them very often or I would be in very LARGE trouble (pun intended).

The cool thing about these is they are cheap to make and you can make them into any cake flavor you want. White…delicious, strawberry…refreshing, red velvet…oh my!

Cake balls
1 box of your favorite cake mix
1 carton of white or buttercream icing
1 package of chocolate or vanilla almond bark
extra icing for decoration



Make the cake according to the directions on the box. Cool fully.

Crumble the whole cake into a large bowl. Pour the entire carton of icing into the crumbled cake mix and stir together.

Roll the cake mix/icing mixture into small balls. You may have to get your hands wet to keep the cake mix from sticking to your hands. Place onto sheet trays and put in the freezer for 1 hour to harden.

After an hour melt several squares of the almond bark into a bowl. Dip the cake balls into the bark using a fork to coat them completely. Heat more almond bark as needed. Place on a sheet tray lined with wax paper.

If desired drizzle a different colored icing on top. Let them sit for 20-30 minutes to harden. Store in an air tight container.

We had such a great weekend. We had nothing planned so we did a lot of sitting in pajamas, working around the house and cooking. I was able to do a lot of prep work for our meals this week which is something I haven’t had time to do in a while. I made sauteed chicken for salads and nachos and prepared the flank steak for our 5 spice stir fry.

We have an excellent meal plan for this week. If it’s nice outside we may even grill! Here’s this weeks plan.

Tonight: the juiciest burgers ever and sweet potato fries
Tuesday: 5 spice beef stir fry
Wednesday: crock pot roast and potatoes
Thursday: take out after practice
Friday: date night

Happy eating!

Happy Valentine’s day everyone! This is one of my favorite days of the year for a couple of reasons. First, I love a fancy date night. We are actually going to have two Valentine’s days this week. Tonight we are going to cook and have a nice dinner here at home then on Friday night we are going go go ahead and dress up and go out. The second reason I love Valentines day is I have a reason to give gifts (and get gifts).

This week’s plan is pretty simple. We are going to make tacos on Tuesday and if all works out well I will post our taco recipe on Wednesday. Here’s this week’s plan.

Tonight: lamb chops, lemon thyme rice and dessert (I’m splurging for Valentines day)
Tuesday: chicken tacos with pinto beans
Wednesday: grilled sandwiches
Thursday: take out after praise and worship practice
Friday: Valentine’s date night #2

Happy eating!