If you're looking for a tasty and fun treat, try these Strawberry Champagne Cake Balls coated in white chocolate. Not only are they delicious but they are very easy to make, especially with the use of a cake pop maker.
These scrumptious, alcoholic cake balls require minimal baking on a hot summer's day. They are also a perfect, elegant treat for special holidays like Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, birthdays or a romantic date night!
Besides champagne, you can also sip on strawberry juice or fresh strawberry milk while you eat this strawberry cake pop treat, for a non-alcoholic option.
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🍰 What is Champagne Cake?
It's a fluffy cake made with 🍾 champagne or sparking wine, which gives it an airy texture and subtle champagne flavor that pairs great with the strawberries.
🍓 Ingredients
- fresh strawberries - Some of the strawberries will be blended with the champagne to give it strawberry flavor and some will simply be diced for chunks of strawberries in the cake balls.
- champagne - Pick your favorite. If you don't want to spend the big bucks, you can substitute with a cheaper sparkling wine.
- 1 box vanilla cake mix - I use a 15.2 ounces/432 grams box. If you're using a 13.25 oz box, use only ⅓ cup vegetable oil instead of ½ cup. I also make these cake pops with cake mix that you might want to try.
- vegetable oil - Can substitute with canola oil or avocado oil.
- white chocolate - To coat the cake balls with. You can use candy melts if you prefer.
- a few drops of pink food coloring - This is optional if you want to color the chocolate coating and/or the batter.
*Check recipe card for ingredient amounts.
🍽 Equipment
For this recipe, you will need a cake pop maker. Browse cake pop maker reviews here.
🥣 How to Make Strawberry Champagne Cake Balls
Making cake pops or cake balls can sometimes be quite challenging. However, you will see what a breeze it can be to make cake pops with a cake pop maker compared to making them by hand; and that uniform shape of each cake ball is a bonus.
Step 1. Pulse. Pulse the ½ cup chopped strawberries with the champagne a couple of times in the blender, until just combined. If needed, top it up with some more champagne to equal 1 cup liquid.
Step 2. Prepare batter. Prepare the cake batter by combining the cake mix, oil, eggs, strawberry champagne mixture and diced strawberries. Plug in the cake pop maker to preheat it.
Step 3. Bake. Fill the cake pop maker cavities with the batter. Close the lid and bake them in the cake pop maker for 3-4 minutes, or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Step 4. Melt chocolate. Prepare a double boiler by placing a metal bowl over a pot with simmering water. Melt the white chocolate in the metal bowl. Mix in a few drops of the pink or red food coloring (optional).
Step 5. Coat cake balls. Coat the cake balls with the melted white chocolate by dipping them in with a fork. Let them set at room temperature.
Step 6. Serve. Serve with a glass of champagne if desired.
Chef's Note: If you'd like to make champagne cake pops instead of cake balls, check out how to make cake pops. My detailed post will show you how to add treat sticks and coat them properly.
✔️ Joss' Tips
- It's better to overfill the cake pop maker holes than to underfill and end up with flat cake balls. You can simply let them cool and then cut off the excess cake around the ball.
- When it comes to dipping the cake balls into melted chocolate or other coatings, be quick. Roll them around until they are completely covered.
- You can also use a chocolate dipping tool to coat the cake balls.
- If the melted chocolate is too thick to coat the cake balls properly: you can thin it out by mixing in some canola oil or coconut oil, 1 teaspoon at a time, until it reaches the right consistency.
- If you don't have a double boiler, you can melt the chocolate in the microwave in 20 second intervals, stirring each time, until fully melted.
🌡️ Storage
These cake balls can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer.
Because of the use of freshly diced strawberries, I don't recommend keeping them at room temperature.
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📋Recipe
Strawberry Champagne Cake Balls
Ingredients
- ½ cup strawberries - cleaned and chopped
- ½ cup champagne
- 1 box vanilla cake mix - 15.2 ounces/432 grams
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup strawberries - cleaned and diced
- 24 ounces white chocolate - To coat
- a few drops of pink or red food coloring - optional
Instructions
- Pulse the ½ cup chopped strawberries with the champagne a couple of times in a blender, until just combined. If needed, top it up with some more champagne to equal 1 cup liquid. The idea is to replace the liquids that your cake mix requires (usually 1 cup water or milk) for the champagne and strawberry mixture.½ cup strawberries, ½ cup champagne
- Prepare the cake batter by combining the cake mix, oil, eggs, strawberry champagne mixture and diced strawberries. (If you want the batter to be pink, add a few drops of food coloring.) Plug in the cake pop maker to preheat it. There should be an indicator light to tell you when it's ready - mine takes only a few minutes.1 box vanilla cake mix, ½ cup vegetable oil, 3 eggs, ¼ cup strawberries
- Fill the cake pop maker cavities with the batter (fill them to the top of the cavity--it's better to overfill than to underfill). Do this step quickly. Close the lid and bake them in the cake pop maker for 3-4 minutes, or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
- Prepare a double boiler by placing a metal bowl over a pot with simmering water. Melt the white chocolate in the metal bowl. Mix in a few drops of the pink or red food coloring (optional). *See notes for alternative microwave instructions.24 ounces white chocolate
- Coat the cake balls with the melted white chocolate by dipping them in with a fork. Let them set at room temperature on wax paper until hardened.
- Serve with a glass of champagne if desired.
Equipment
Notes
- Thinner coating: If the melted chocolate is too thick to coat the cake balls properly: you can thin it out by mixing in some canola oil or coconut oil, 1 teaspoon at a time, until it reaches the right consistency.
- Cake mix box size: If you're using a 13.25 oz box, use only ⅓ cup vegetable oil instead of ½ cup (or the amount stated on the box).
- *Microwave option: If you don't have a double boiler, you can melt the chocolate in the microwave in 20 second intervals, stirring each time, until fully melted.
- Dipping tool: You can also use a chocolate dipping tool to coat the cake balls.
- Storage: These cake balls can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer.
Nutrition
Nutrition information on In the Kitch is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It may not include toppings and/or sauces.
Joss says
I really enjoy making these cake balls. They’re easy and taste amazing!