Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Here's another recipe with an extremely low degree of difficulty but the wow impact is maximum. Every body loves a cupcake, everybody loves an ice cream cone. So why not put the 2 together to bedazzle the kids.

This is by no means an original idea of yours truly. I can not remember exactly where I got the inspiration from but there's a gazillion examples on the net. Once again I had very little time to make something for our gorgeous twin friends so I went for my party trick of little effort for maximum impact. Everything came out of a box, just a matter of putting it together. Here's how I did it.

Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

1 x cupcake mix (any brand, I used Greens)
1 x tub of vanilla frosting
24 flat bottom ice cream cones
whatever topping or sprinkle you like

**** of course if you want to avoid premix cake mix then knock yourself out making any cake base you like and butter icing works best for consistency ****

1. Take a piece of foil and cover 2 muffin trays. Make a small slit over each muffin hole and place ice cream cone in. This is done to stabilise the cone as it can fall if cake batter shifts too much in the baking process.

2. Mix cupcake mix according to directions on box.

3. Fill cone up to 2/3 full. Any more and the cake will over flow and look more like a melting ice cream cone.

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes in a preheated 180 degrees oven. Remove to cool.

5. Take a sharp knife and make a small hole at the bottom of the cone.This will help release some steam and keep cone crisp for longer.

6. Fill a pipping bag with your favourite icing and pipe. I used a star nozzle on some and also a plain nozzle on the others just for the different finish.

7. Decorate with sprinkles.

8. Watch the children's faces when they bite into it thinking it's real ice cream!!