Valentine cake rounds

With Valentines Day just around the corner, and my love of holidays, I decided to have a craft/baking project a day to get into the Valentine Mood! 

Day 1

Cake looking truffle things...

Bakerella calls them cake balls but that just sounds weird and unappetizing to me.

The link to the original recipe is here:

http://www.bakerella.com/red-velvet-cake-balls/

I didn't want to use cake mix, although maybe i should have because my cake wasn't red, it was mauve.  :)

Truthfully, i think it was because i used the $1, 4 color kind of food coloring instead of the good stuff.

I used Paula Dean's Red Velvet cake, here:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/grandmother-pauls-red-velvet-cake-recipe/index.html

I baked the cake, let it cool in my large bowl, added the homemade creamcheese frosting, and mixed.

I used an ice cream scoop sprayed  with pam to make the balls. 

I froze them as the directions said, and rolled them in the chocolate.

I also made some MORE frosting and colored it to pipe on the X's and the O's. 

I made some lips and hearts too... they are not pictured for a reason! 

:)

Here is my finished product:

Come back tomorrow for more Valentines fun!