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Wedding Cake Bites + Video

July 3, 2017

These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they’re SO easy – but they’re still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth!

These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
Okay, okay…wedding season is over. Well, maybe not; I got married in July (16 years ago!), so I guess wedding season extends through the summer, but June is “wedding month”. But once you taste these wedding cake bites, you really won’t care what month of the year it is.

I’ve told the stories about Federal Bake Shop before. My BFF, Angie, and I used to head over there on a regular basis as skinny teenagers (though I foolishly thought that I was fat…I was NOT) and order copious amounts of sweets from their case. We didn’t discriminate…chocolate chip cookies, thumbprints, and cupcakes were all included in our purchases. That said, the classic white cupcakes were always our favorites, and still are to this day.
These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
I am determined that Federal Bake Shop is the reason that a popular chain cupcake shop didn’t last in Hixson. I have no evidence to back that up, but that’s what I want to think. Three inches of mediocre frosting just can’t compete with a more moderate amount of the best frosting on the planet coupled with the best, most moist almond-flavored cake ever. Look, I might be a little biased.
These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
Angie and I have spent the last twenty plus years trying to figure out how to get as much of those flavors in our lives as possible. Wedding cake mix cookies are one of my favorite ways to get those flavors out of my own kitchen, and when I was trying to decide what kind of sweets to gift Angie for her birthday last week I considered buying cupcakes, then I considered making the cookies. Then I thought…wedding cake bites.
These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
I used to make cake balls/cake bites a couple of times a month, no exaggeration. After I discovered them on Bakerella’s site I was basically obsessed. Red velvet were always my favorite, but I haven’t met a cake ball I didn’t love. For some reason, though, I had never thought about crushing up a white cake with some white icing and dousing it with a little almond extract to throw into my cake bites. Once I did…whoa.
These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com
And you guys, I know that this blog is usually about cooking from scratch. Sometimes, though, it just isn’t really worth the effort unless you are a total stickler for ingredients. If that’s you, by all means, make a white cake and white icing from scratch. But we’re crushing this cake up and mushing everything together so the texture isn’t really too important, and the flavor is coming mostly from that almond extract. A boxed mix and a can of frosting works just fine here. I usually buy almond bark chips from the baking section at a craft store (Hobby Lobby or Michael’s) but I just stopped at Food City for these. It’s always better to work with a little more than what you think you need, too.

Wedding cake bites are a perfect treat for a birthday, a wedding or baby shower, or just a need for something sweet. They’re so easy and fun to make, you’ll want to make them over and over!
These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com


Mary

Yield: 40-48 cake bites

Wedding Cake Bites

30 minPrep Time:

3 minCook Time:

33 minTotal Time:

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Ingredients

  • one white cake prepared from a boxed mix according to package directions but with 1 1/2 teaspoons of almond extract mixed in before baking, cooled completely
  • one tub white icing
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
  • 1 1/2 pounds white chocolate almond bark (you may have a little left over but it's better to have a little extra)
  • sanding sugar or decorative edible pearls for decoration (optional)

Instructions

  1. Crumble the cooled cake into a large bowl. Use your hands or a potato masher to mash the cake until no large pieces remain.
  2. Mix the icing and the almond extract into the cake until all of the cake crumbs have been moistened. I find that a large metal spoon works best for this.
  3. Scoop the cake mix in about 2 tablespoons sized balls onto a parchment or wax paper lined baking sheet. Roll into balls with your hands and chill for about 15 minutes in the freezer. Transfer the cake bites to the refrigerator.
  4. Line a second baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper. Melt one pound of the almond bark in a deep bowl. I microwave it at 50% power for a minute at a time, stirring well after each minute, until smooth.
  5. Dip the cake bites one at a time into the almond bark. Transfer to the lined baking sheet, swirling the spoon to make a little swirl at the top of each cake bite as you move the spoon away. If desired, decorate the tops of the cake bites with sanding sugar or edible pearls while the almond bark is still "wet". Repeat until all cake bites have been dipped, adding more almond bark if needed.
  6. Allow the cake bites to stand at room temperature until hardened. Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Notes

Prep/cook time does not include time to bake the cake or chill the undipped cake bites.

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These wedding cake bites are made from a mix, so they're SO easy - but they're still great for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth! | Recipe from Chattavore.com

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Comments

  1. sue | theviewfromgreatisland says

    July 3, 2017 at 10:53 am

    I would not be able to stop once I start on these...I've been planning a wedding snack cake for my blog, I just love the white on white flavors!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 3, 2017 at 11:09 pm

      Yum! A wedding snack cake sounds amazing!
      Reply
  2. Elaine @ Dishes Delish says

    July 3, 2017 at 11:01 am

    These wedding cake bites look fun and delicious! I think I bucked the system by getting married in January (many years ago) I agree, from scratch is great but sometimes we can deviate without feeling guilty! I think my hubby would love these since he loves wedding cake, so I have to make them soon!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 3, 2017 at 11:07 pm

      They are to die for, if I do say so myself!
      Reply
  3. pattysaveurs80 says

    July 3, 2017 at 11:17 am

    Wonderfully tempting, these cake bites look delicious, will try your recipe!
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 3, 2017 at 11:07 pm

      Awesome! Let me know how you like it!
      Reply
  4. Ayngelina (@Ayngelina) says

    July 3, 2017 at 11:19 am

    I love the idea of dessert bites. You can just eat one and not feel too guilty - if you can only eat just one.
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 3, 2017 at 11:06 pm

      Exactly!!
      Reply
  5. Dannii says

    July 3, 2017 at 11:31 am

    How cute are these! These would be great to serve up at a garden party, and I bet that they wouldn't last long.
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      July 3, 2017 at 11:06 pm

      They are always a hit, for sure!
      Reply
  6. Elizabeth says

    December 26, 2019 at 10:51 am

    Can you use buttercream icing instead of tub icing?
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      December 26, 2019 at 11:16 am

      Yes, you definitely could! You just need to make sure you use an equal amount. The easiest way to do that would be to weigh the icing, but you could also use the serving size x number of servings on the label to estimate a volumetric measurement.
      Reply
      • Elizabeth says

        December 28, 2019 at 10:12 pm

        Thank you very much!!
        Reply
  7. Jen says

    October 4, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    So die the recipe have 1 1/2 tsp almond in the cake and 1 1/2 tsp almond in the icing?
    Reply
  8. Theresa says

    August 19, 2024 at 10:39 pm

    Can these be frozen? I need to make quite a few…
    Reply
    • Mary // Chattavore says

      December 8, 2024 at 11:45 am

      Sorry for the late response, Theresa! I have been absent for a while now. I am sure that you needed to make these a while back, but just in case you are still looking for this info, these should freeze well! I would freeze them without the coating then thaw them in the refrigerator before dipping.
      Reply

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