Bake your strawberry cake according to the directions on the box. We used the Pillsbury Strawberry Cake Mix, which we baked in a 9×13 inch pan at 350 degrees for 30 – 34 minutes. Remove from oven and let the cake cool completely.
Once your cake is cooled, cut or break up with your hands into smaller pieces and add to a large mixing bowl. Add in your frosting and stir until fully combined.
Place your cake/frosting mixture in the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight to chill.
Once your cake/frosting mixture has chilled, remove from the refrigerator. Start forming 1 inch balls (or 1 Tbsp in size) from your mixture and place each on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Return your cake balls to the fridge to firm up for another 2 hours (or, again, you can leave them overnight to chill and firm up).
Melt your Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers according to the package. The only note I have on this step is to not overheat. We started with 30 seconds, stirred, and then return the chocolate to the microwave for another 30 seconds until the chocolate was melted all the way. You don’t want to overheat because it will make the chocolate too thin (or it will create a thickness that does not coat the cake balls with a smooth surface). Once melted, add in your vegetable oil and combine. Using a fork (or two), begin dipping each chilled cake ball into the chocolate. Let remaining chocolate run off back into the bowl and simply place each ball on the parchment paper to harden. This will happen pretty fast, so if you want to add sprinkles or any type of topping, add it right after you place each cake ball onto the parchment before it hardens. We let ours harden all the way, then followed up with extra white chocolate to create a fun drizzle on top.
OPTIONAL: Add your glitter dust to the top of each cake ball by placing a small paint brush into the dust. Hover your paint brush with the dust over each cake ball and simply tap the brush for the glitter to fall onto each cake ball. We only needed to tap a few times to give each ball a small gold coating. A little goes a long way!
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