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How to make a cake ball cake

by Louise 5 Comments

cake ball cake

When it comes to decorating cakes and cake balls, I will be the first to admit that I prefer working on actual cakes more than cake pops…

But today, I am sharing a fun way to merge both into a “cakeball cake” 😀

I have made this “cakeball cake” many times. Sometimes, I use real cake and sometimes I use styrofoam cake dummies.

But, keep in mind that if you are using real cake, you need to use a firm pound cake recipe to handle the weight of the cake balls.

To make this cake, you will need the following supplies:

Styrofoam cake dummy or pound cake
Toothpicks
Cake balls
Melted candy melts (brown and yellow)
Gift wrapping tissue paper (yellow)
Cake board
Scissors
Tape

These are the steps:

Step 1:

Make cake balls.
Insert a toothpick instead of a lollipop stick.
Dip them in brown candy melts.
Let the chocolate set and then drizzle some melted yellow candy melts.
If you are new to making cake balls, I highly recommend reading the detailed directions, tips and tricks for making perfect cake balls  by my fellow CakeJournal contributor, Renee.

cakeball cake 01
Step 2:

Push these cake balls, on a styrofoam cake dummy or a pound cake.
Start from the sides of your cake and work your way to the top of the cake.

NOTE 1: I know I have said this before but I will repeat it again….If you are using real cake instead of a styrofoam dummy, make sure it’s NOT a very soft and airy cake. The only cake that has worked for me is a firm pound cake. All my other cake recipes have been too soft to handle the weight of the cake balls and they start falling and make a huge mess!

NOTE 2: If you are using real cake, then you can frost the whole cake in a thin coating of buttercream but I don’t recommend filling it.

cakeball cake 08

Step 3:

You will notice white styrofoam showing through the gaps between the cake balls! Well, that’s just ugly and needs to be covered up immediately 😉
To do so, you can attach gum paste flowers OR real flowers OR you can attach gift wrapping tissue paper flowers like me.
Start off by cutting out square shapes of yellow gift wrapping tissue paper.
Make sure they are all about the same size.

cakeball cake 02

Step 4:

Now, hold the square sheet in your hand and start crumpling it near the bottom.
You will end up with something that resembles a pretty ruffled flower.

cakeball cake 04

Step 5:

Twist the bottom and it will start to look like a little stem.
Tape a toothpick around this stem.

cakeball cake 05

Step 6:

Use scissors to snip off the random edges of the flower until it’s more cute and rounded.

cakeball cake 06

Step 7:

Make as many flowers as you need.

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Step 8:

Push the toothpick ends into all those gaps between the cake balls…

cakeball cake 09

Keep doing this until all those gaps are hidden.

And you are done!

cakeball cake 2

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Happy caking everyone!

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Comments

  1. Heather

    May 6, 2014 at 10:48 PM

    So cute! I swear, cake balls are the bane of my existence, but your cake makes me want to have another crack at them 🙂

    Reply
  2. DianaV

    April 24, 2014 at 4:18 PM

    I LOVE this awesome idea!!! I used to make cakes out of flowers but the cake all idea is just amazing! I already have tons of ideas in my head! Thank you for posting!!!

    Reply
  3. Shelly

    April 24, 2014 at 1:19 AM

    Looks awesome!

    Reply
  4. Trisha @ KMR Cake Pops

    April 23, 2014 at 4:07 PM

    I LOVE this idea for a wedding cake! I make, and love cake pops, and have been asked about a cake pop wedding cake and I think this is a great alternative to making one!! I like the idea of using styrofoam and multiple tiered layers. Where do you purchase your styrofoam for your dummy cakes?
    Thank you 🙂

    Reply
    • Farwa & Abeer

      April 24, 2014 at 5:20 PM

      Hi Trisha,
      Glad to hear you like this idea! It’s a lot of fun. I get my styrofoam dummies from here: https://www.dallas-foam.com/cake-dummies.html

      Reply

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