Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Ice cream cone cupcakes are a cupcake batter that is baked inside a sugar cone. Baking cupcakes in ice cream cones are a fun cupcake idea for kids! A homemade vanilla cupcake baked in ice cream cones and topped with a strawberry frosting.

This cake cone recipe is crazy simple to make and is a fun kid’s birthday cupcake, easy weeknight dessert, or whip these up for any other occasion. An another birthday cupcake could be these cactus cupcakes.

This ice cream cone dessert is such a fun way to eat a cupcake. The cone adds texture, and it is a sweet treat that is highly addictive.

Learn how to make ice cream cone cupcakes to create one-of-a-kind cupcake cones recipe.

Why Make These Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes…

• Can use boxed cake mix or a homemade cake mix
• Easy Recipe
• Fun Dessert
• Creative way to serve up cupcakes
• Great for birthdays, potluck dessert, etc

Ingredients Needed

• Butter
• Granulated Sugar
• Oil
• Vanilla Extract
• Eggs
• Flour
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Milk
• Ice Cream Cones
• Shortening
• Powdered Sugar
• Strawberry Extract
• Diced Strawberries
• Red Food Coloring

How To Make

Step 1: Preheat the oven and then place aluminum foil over a 9×13 pan. Then you will cut 12 x’s into the foil so the cones can sit and be held upright.

Step 2: In a stand mixer beat your butter, sugar, oil, and vanilla until light and creamy. This takes 2-3 minutes to do.

Step 3: Add in the eggs one at a time, mixing well and scraping down the sides of the bowl.

Step 4: In a bowl, mix dry ingredients and then part milk then part dry rotating as you mix, ending in the milk. This is to make sure it is fully incorporated, and you get the right consistency.

Step 5: Then once the batter is ready pour it into each cone. Stop around 3/4 inch from the top of the cone.

Step 6: Bake in the oven for around 15-18 minutes or until the cupcake is cooked.

Step 7: Place on a cooling rack to cool. Then you will work on mixing up the strawberry frosting, to top the ice cream cone cupcakes.

Topping Ideas For Cupcakes

• Cut down and add a paper straw
• Strawberries or other fruits
• Sprinkles
• Maraschino Cherries
• Mini Vanilla Wafer Cookies
• Drizzle of chocolate
• Etc

We did simple strawberries and sprinkles with a straw. Now, there will be extra batter, you can either make extra cupcakes in ice cream cones, or bake them like regular cupcakes.

Storage

These cupcakes will need to be stored in the refrigerator due to the frosting. We find it helps preserve the strawberries in the frosting better. Just place in an airtight container and store in the fridge.

The cupcakes are best when eaten within the first few days of being made. As they will dry out a bit, and the cones will become stale.

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Expert Tips and Variations To Recipe

• Feel free to use a boxed cake mix instead of homemade cake.
• With leftover cake batter make more cupcakes or do classic cupcakes to make it look like ice cream sundaes.
• Any flavor of cake works.
• Swap out the strawberry frosting with any of your usual flavors of frosting.
• Change up the toppings you add. Nuts, candies, etc.

Practical notes

What to use for an ice cream cone cupcake holder?

You can buy an u003ca href=u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer nofollowu0022u003ealuminum cone holderu003c/au003e if you want. We just put sturdy aluminum foil over a pan, and then cut holes in it. The foil will hold up the cupcakes so they bake properly. There is even a u003ca href=u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer nofollowu0022u003ewaffle cone holderu003c/au003e if you want to go that route.

What if we don’t own a piping bag for cupcakes?

Put your frosting in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag. Then cut the tip off one side and squeeze the frosting down. It will work to pipe on the frosting to the cupcake cones on the baking rack. Just make sure the cupcakes are cooled completely.

Can we used boxed cake mix for ice cream cone cupcakes?

Prepare cake mix as directed on the box, then pour the same way into the cones. Leave 3/4 inch open at the top. As the cupcakes will rise as they bake. This makes for a fun cupcake recipe for kids.

Ingredients

Makes 15 -18

Cupcake Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons milk
• 15-18 ice cream sugar cones

Strawberry Frosting Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons strawberry extract
• 1 cup diced strawberries
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 drop food coloring, red
• 2 tablespoons milk

Method

1. Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Then in a 9×13 pan, you will place aluminum foil over the pan. Cut x’s into the foil to act as a holder for your ice cream cones. We did 2 pans.
2. Then in a bowl you will beat together the room temperature butter, sugar, vanilla and oil. Mix together for 2-3 minutes using a hand or stand mixer.
3. Now you will add in eggs one at a time, mixing well.
4. Then in a separate bowl add the flour, salt and baking powder. Mix till combined.
5. Slowly add in a little milk and then a little dry, mixing in between. Once all the cupcake batter is done you will pour into the ice cream cones.
6. Leave around 3/4 inch unfilled of the cupcake batter in the ice cream cones.
7. Bake in the center rack for 15-18 minutes or until the cupcakes are fully cooked.
8. Place the ice cream cone cupcakes on a cooling rack.
9. Once the cupcakes are fully cooled, you will mix together shortening,butter, and whisk till creamy.
10. Add in the strawberry extract, and powdered sugar. Fold in the strawberries, and the food coloring.
11. If your frosting seems too thick add a little of the milk and mix, to create the right texture.
12. Pipe the strawberry frosting onto the cupcakes, and top with icing gel, sprinkles, a strawberry slice, cherry, or even a fun paper straw.

Kitchen notes

You do not have to make all the cupcakes in cones. You can do 12 ice cream cone cupcakes and the rest regular cupcakes if you want. Feel free to used boxed cake mix instead of homemade if you prefer. Any flavor of cake or frosting will work for this dessert.