Square Cake Balls

Thursday, July 9, 2009

My sisters and I were at Michaels grabbing supplies to make cake balls (which I’ve already blogged about. twice.) That’s where we saw the Wilton square brownie pan. We were discussing how silly it would be to buy the pan just to make square brownies. Wouldn’t it be easier to just make brownies as usual in a pan and then cut them? Maybe people have issues cutting straight? The only reason we could think to actually make brownies in this pan would be to get the crusty goodness of the edges in every brownie. Then we decided we could use the pan to make square cake balls.

So on a whim, I bought the pan we had just been ridiculing. But it did make some nice looking square cake balls.

We cheated on these because we just used a cake that my family had bought to celebrate my birthday. For some reason none of us were in the mood for cake (maybe because my sister had made about 12 dozen cookies the night before), so we figured the ratio of cake to frosting would probably be about right for cake balls.

Here’s my beautiful cake. And, no it doesn’t belong on Cake Wrecks, that’s what they asked to be written on it. All of my siblings and I have nicknames for each other. Most of them are just the name followed by i-poo. So my nickname is Jenn-i-poo. Except you say it with a French sort of accent. Anyways, that’s my cake that we smashed up (with our hands!) to make the insides of the cake balls.

We then filled the square brownie pan with the cake mixture and popped it in the freezer to let the mix set. Then we popped the squares out and dipped them in almond bark and decorated with sprinkles. It was a fun afternoon in the kitchen. We sent most of these guys to work with my mom and her coworkers couldn’t believe they were homemade.

Cakes, Dessert

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12 Responses to “Caramel (Cup)Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting (Daring Bakers)”

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Speedbump Kitchen — November 29, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Great job! You’ll be hooked into the magic of caramel now!!
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Gretchen Noelle — November 29, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Perfect swirls on top! I am so impressed! Great job!
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CB — November 29, 2008 at 9:35 pm

Mmmm… cupcakes and caramel! YUMMY! I totally have to star this one for my baking bucket list!
/Clara
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Gail — November 30, 2008 at 4:23 am

Congratulations on a successful Db month – these cuppers look delicious!
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Joelen — November 30, 2008 at 6:25 am

I love that you chose to do cupcakes rather than a cake. (I prefer cupcakes and smaller portions anyday!) As for adding the salt – love the idea too! Great job 🙂
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Dolores — November 30, 2008 at 6:58 am

Beautiful cupcakes. Thanks for baking with us this month!
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Sheltie Girl — December 1, 2008 at 11:04 pm

Your cup cakes are simply beautiful. I love the swirly frosting on top.

Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
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Claire — December 2, 2008 at 3:43 am

Your swirls are perfect! Great job.
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sterling — December 2, 2008 at 5:24 am

Absolutely fantastic! They look great. Makes me wish I had made cupcakes 🙂
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Jen — December 2, 2008 at 2:45 pm

Thanks everyone. These qere quite tasty. Hubby said they were his favorite cupcake I’ve ever made!!
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Allergy Mom — December 2, 2008 at 4:49 pm

OOh, I love your swirly cuppy cakes! I wish I’d salted my caramal, too…
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~Amber~ — December 5, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Your cupcakes look delicious! Congratulations on a successful challenge.