Warm milk in small pan until small bubbles just start to appear around edges.
Add hot coffee and warm milk to dry cake mix/cocoa powder. Mix slightly.
Add eggs and butter. Continue mixing from there according to package directions.
Bake according to package directions. Cool.
For the frosting:
Mix all ingredients on low speed for 30 seconds. (I divided everything in half and layered the ingredients as I added them to the bowl; and poured the boiling water directly onto the cocoa powder).
Increase speed to medium. Beat for 1-2 minutes until smooth.
To make cake bites:
After the cake is cooled, don’t just crumble it up. First, cut off the edges. Scrape off a very thin layer of the top. Then crumble it up very well.- some people say to use a food processor…sounds like a lot of extra washing dishes to me. My fingers work fine.
Mix approximately 1/2 cup of frosting into entire crumbled cake (sides and top removed). You want it to stick together (not crumbly), but you don’t want it “wet”.
Scoop up enough mix to make a 1″ ball. Squash it together, then roll the ball back and forth between your hands quickly to shape as round as possible. This ensures: 1) you have enough frosting; if you don’t the rolling will cause it to crumble apart, 2) a perfectly round shape, 3) a smooth outside for dipping.
Chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
For the decorations:
Melt the dark chocolate. A microwave works perfectly fine, you don’t need a double-boiler. Heat for 30 sec. at 50% power. Stir well. Even if nothing looks melted, stir the wafers. Continue to heat at 30 second increments, always 50% power, until chocolate melted. Stir well between each heating cycle.
~Note: Feel free to stir and let it sit a minute or so, then stir even more. You would not believe how much the chocolate will melt as you stir (as the heat gets distributed). Always error on the side of waiting a bit before another heating cycle.
Do NOT overheat. It is a bit counter-intuitive: normally if you heat something up, it becomes runnier. However, with this, if you heat it too long, it scorches, clumps, and becomes less runny. Chocolate scorches very easily.
Remove the cake balls from the fridge and let sit at room temperature for a few minutes. This both lets them warm up slightly and lets the chocolate cool slightly. A large temperature differential is the #1 reason for the chocolate coating cracking.
After you’ve waited a few minutes: poke a toothpick in one of the cake balls. Dip it in the chocolate, coating it completely. Pull out of chocolate and set on parchment paper. Use another toothpick to hold down top, then remove toothpick. Use the toothpick to quickly “dab” some of the chocolate over the hole. As the chocolate is still melted, it will smooth out easily.
Repeat with all the remaining cake balls.
Let them set.
Place the white chocolate wafers in the disposable bag and heat according to directions. Decorate as you wish!