My Mushy Balls

Day Two Part A: Disaster strikes

So this is why I am doing this. To save you the extra time and embarrassment.

So lesson learned: Its better to buy the mould BEFORE you make the balls. Turns out my balls where way too small (never said that before). But it was a bit of a blessing because this morning I tasted one of the... looking for word other then ball... treats this morning. The texture was not one I found enjoyable. It was super mushy. So too much icing. But with them being too small anyway this was a perfect excuse to do-over.

I took the rest of the cake I had left (remember I was only using half) and with the help of some child labour, we crumbled it up, threw in some more icing, added in some balls and got to work. Now Owen wasn't a ton of help. He was too caught up in the fact that they looked like pooh. You and Martha, Owen (see what video I am talking about here). But we managed to start with a new lump of mixture to reshape. We tested one out in the mould and then rolled it in too a ball to see how much it was. We used that as our guide. Smart thinking. Too bad I didn't think of it earlier. Not as helpful later.

We ended up with about 40 balls. The recipe says you should have 75. So I am thinking my mould is a little bigger then hers. No biggie.

By the way, I picked up the mould as part of a little Wilton set at Michaels'. Came to $5.69 with tax. If only I had brought the 40% off coupon from the flyer this week. It would have been almost half that. Sigh. Can't be perfect all the time.

The balls are back in the fridge firming up, hopefully. The earlier texture didn't bother my husband. But then not much made out of chocolate would bother him.

So tonight is dipping night. Wish me luck.

Oh and I have to still clean the house, make an appetizer and main course.
Did I mention how awesome I am?
You don't believe me either.

These are my best friends so if they can't love me filth, mushy cake bites and all, then... I will be lonely.